Author: Stephen Gardiner

Quotes

Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England.

Up until the War of the Roses there had been continual conflict in England.

- Stephen Gardiner

The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy in any composition.

The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy in any composition.

- Stephen Gardiner

Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England.

Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England.

- Stephen Gardiner

The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life, that it derives much of its inspiration and character.

The exterior cannot do without the interior since it is from this, as from life, that it derives much of its inspiration and character.

- Stephen Gardiner

Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.

Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.

- Stephen Gardiner

Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design.

Good buildings come from good people, and all problems are solved by good design.

- Stephen Gardiner

Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest.

Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest.

- Stephen Gardiner

The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature.

The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature.

- Stephen Gardiner

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.

- Stephen Gardiner

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