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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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.
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down
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For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down
the middle wall of partition between us; . . .
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 music in space, as it were a frozen music
Architecture is music in space, as it were a frozen music
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture.
Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.
Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.
An architect is the drawer of dreams
An architect is the drawer of dreams
