ELEMENT by Cecil Balmond

Patterns within structure the Divine as complex beyond the rules of simple understanding, but underneath is a notion of order and a unifying principle.
Number is an Element its value a universal. Beyond Emotion and language number is the perfect abstract ; it serves a cipher , symbol and a classification. Ideal of the making forms, to order and generate sequences that lead to assamblies impossible to think of otherwise, number is a catalyst.

Element, p 194