Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.

Rich windows that exclude the light,
And passages that lead to nothing.

Rich windows that exclude the light,
And passages that lead to nothing.

In the elder days of Art,
Builders wrought with greatest care
Each minute and unseen part;
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In the elder days of Art,
Builders wrought with greatest care
Each minute and unseen part;
For the gods see everywhere.

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.

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

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

There was King Bradmond's palace,
Was never none richer, the story says:
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There was King Bradmond's palace,
Was never none richer, the story says:
For all the windows and the walls
Were painted with gold, both towers and halls;
Pillars and doors all were of brass;
Windows of latten were set with glass;
It was so rich in many wise,
That it was like a paradise.

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.

An architect is the drawer of dreams

An architect is the drawer of dreams

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

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