You May Also Like / View all maxioms
 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. 
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.
 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. 
 Silently as a dream the fabric rose;
 No sound of hammer or of saw was there.  
 Silently as a dream the fabric rose;
 No sound of hammer or of saw was there. 
The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.
The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.
 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down 
the middle wall of partition read more 
 For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down 
the middle wall of partition between us; . . . 
 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. 
 Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge
 Rose, like an exhalation.  
 Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge
 Rose, like an exhalation. 
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.