Time alters fashions, but that which is founded on geometry and real science will remain unalterable. This motto was chosen by the English cabinetmaker Sheraton for his collection of designs, which was published in the mid-18th century. One might think that such a motto would be intended for a scientific work, that is, for something technically artistic, rather than for a book about furniture. Nevertheless, I also consider Sheraton's motto to be correct and dare to adopt it as my own, precisely because it pertains to a reflection on art, specifically architecture. For it does not concern, as you might think, the actual scientific part of architecture, the theory of strength, but rather its artistic aspect, that is, the shaping in its entirety. I have come to the conviction that geometry.