## The idea of the diagrams > [!quote] Today, almost ten years after I wrote this book, one idea stands out clearly for me as the most important in the book: the idea of the diagrams. > [[Christopher Alexander]] - [[BOOK - Notes on the Synthesis of Form - Christopher Alexander]] ## ZK - [[ZK - 3d2 - Design systems using arrows and boxes]] - [[ZK - 2d2 - Many engineering disciplines work with arrows and boxes]] - [[ZK - 2e0 - Diagrams are great tools to expose underlying formalisms and make them obvious to the human eye]] - [[ZK - 2d1 - Engineering Diagrams are often Mathematical Objects of their Own]] ## Log [[2022-07-27]] - Created quote after stumbling across it in [https://monoskop.org/images/f/ff/Alexander_Christopher_Notes_on_the_Synthesis_of_Form.pdf](https://monoskop.org/images/f/ff/Alexander_Christopher_Notes_on_the_Synthesis_of_Form.pdf) over Breakfast at RC