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 Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use 
be preferred before uniformity, except where read more 
 Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use 
be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had. 
 No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung,
 Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung.
  Majestic silence.  
 No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung,
 Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung.
  Majestic silence. 
 A man who could build a church, as one may say, by squinting at a 
sheet of paper.  
 A man who could build a church, as one may say, by squinting at a 
sheet of paper. 
I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.
I don't build in order to have clients. I have clients in order to build.
 The architect
 Built his great heart into these sculptured stones,
  And with him toiled his children, and read more 
 The architect
 Built his great heart into these sculptured stones,
  And with him toiled his children, and their lives
   Were builded, with his own, into the walls,
    As offerings unto God. 
 The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone subdued by the 
insatiable demand of harmony in man. The mountain read more 
 The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone subdued by the 
insatiable demand of harmony in man. The mountain of granite 
blooms into an eternal flower, with the lightness and delicate 
finish, as well as the aerial proportions and perspective of 
vegetable beauty. 
Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.
Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
 Grandeur . . . consists in form, and not in size: and to the eye 
of the philosopher, the read more 
 Grandeur . . . consists in form, and not in size: and to the eye 
of the philosopher, the curve drawn on a paper two inches long, 
is just as magnificent, just as symbolic of divine mysteries and 
melodies, as when embodied in the span of some cathedral roof.