The hasty multitude
Admiring enter'd, and the work some praise,
And some the architect: his hand was read more

The hasty multitude
Admiring enter'd, and the work some praise,
And some the architect: his hand was known
In heaven by many a tower'd structure high,
Where scepter'd angels held their residence,
And sat as princes.

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.

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.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Nor did there want
Cornice or frieze with bossy sculpture graven.

Nor did there want
Cornice or frieze with bossy sculpture graven.

Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity.

Architecture is a social act and the material theater of human activity.

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Architecture is music in space, as it were a frozen music

Architecture is music in space, as it were a frozen music