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    The hand that rounded Peter's dome
    And groined the aisles of Christian Rome,
    Wrought in a sad sincerity;
    Himself from God he could not free;
    He builded better than he knew;
    The conscious stone to beauty grew.

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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.

by Ayn Rand Found in: Architecture Quotes,
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And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made
ready before it was brought thither: read more

And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made
ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither
hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it
was in building.

by Bible Found in: Architecture Quotes,
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Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul

Architecture, of all the arts, is the one which acts the most slowly, but the most surely, on the soul

by Ernest Dimnet Found in: Architecture Quotes,
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Ah, to build, to build!
That is the noblest of all the arts.

Ah, to build, to build!
That is the noblest of all the arts.

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The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of
the corner.

The stone which the builders refused is become the head stone of
the corner.

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There will never be great architects or great architecture
without great patrons.

There will never be great architects or great architecture
without great patrons.

by Edwin Lutyens Found in: Architecture Quotes,
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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.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Architecture Quotes,
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Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

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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.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Architecture Quotes,
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