Author: Stephen Gardiner

Quotes

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 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

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

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

- Stephen Gardiner

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

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

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

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

The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden.

The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden.

- Stephen Gardiner

The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally.

The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally.

- Stephen Gardiner

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