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.

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.

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.

When I lately stood with a friend before [the cathedral of]
Amiens, . . . he asked me how read more

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.

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

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

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung,
Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung.
Majestic silence.

No hammers fell, no ponderous axes rung,
Like some tall palm the mystic fabric sprung.
Majestic silence.

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.