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    When I lately stood with a friend before [the cathedral of]
    Amiens, . . . he asked me how it happens that we can no longer
    build such piles? I replied: "Dear Alphonse, men in those days
    had convictions (Ueberzeugungen), we moderns have opinions
    (Meinungen) and it requires something more than an opinion to
    build a Gothic cathedral.

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There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, read more

There are three forms of visual art: Painting is art to look at, sculpture is art you can walk around, and architecture is art you can walk through

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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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Earth proudly wears the Parthenon
As best gem upon her zone.

Earth proudly wears the Parthenon
As best gem upon her zone.

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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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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; . . .

by Bible Found in: Architecture Quotes,
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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.

by Bible Found in: Architecture Quotes,
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Architecture is frozen music.
[Ger., Die Backunst ist eine erstarrte Musik.]

Architecture is frozen music.
[Ger., Die Backunst ist eine erstarrte Musik.]

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Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

by Coco Chanel Found in: Architecture Quotes,
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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.

by Charles Kingsley Found in: Architecture Quotes,
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