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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.
Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new, before they're ended.
Old houses mended,
Cost little less than new, before they're ended.
Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use
be preferred before uniformity, except where read more
Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use
be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had.
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.
Architecture is frozen music.
[Ger., Die Backunst ist eine erstarrte Musik.]
Architecture is frozen music.
[Ger., Die Backunst ist eine erstarrte Musik.]
There was King Bradmond's palace,
Was never none richer, the story says:
For all the windows and read more
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.
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
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.
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