The history of the Jews has been written overwhelmingly by scholars of texts - understandably given the formative nature of the Bible… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
The human face is the most deeply ingrained image in our brains. It is the two dots and a dash we connect… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
From Man or Angel the great Architect Did wisely to conceal, and not divulge, His secrets, to be scanned by them who… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Chroniclers of the role of paper in history are given to extravagant pronouncements: Architecture would not have been possible without paper. Without… — Mark Kurlansky Copy Share Image
I've never really had a hobby, unless you count art, which the IRS once told me I had to declare as a… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
“To express yourself in a creative way you don't need structure you need an empty mind.” — E'yen A. Gardner Copy Share Image
Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture, I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio.… — Maya Lin Copy Share Image
For the structure that we raise, Time is with materials filled; Our to-days and yesterdays Are the blocks with which we build. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
No matter how hard life is, you are your own architecture. If you give up then there’s no one that can help… — Jaejoong Copy Share Image
I have traveled a fair amount, and I have visited some great cities. I love architecture and museums and castles and ruins… — Chelsea Cain Copy Share Image
The structure of software systems tend to reflect the structure of the organization that produce them. — Douglas Crockford Copy Share Image
Some architects think of clients only as sources of work and income but most good architecture is in fact the result of… — Roger K. Lewis Copy Share Image
Boston is home to the world's most innovative thinkers - in science and technology, and in business, art, and architecture. — Marty Walsh Copy Share Image
Nothing can be more airy and beautiful than the transparent seed-globe-a fairy dome of splendid architecture. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
“All architecture is what you do to it when you look upon it; Did you think it was in the white or… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
Our utilitarian structures will mature into architecture only when, through their fulfillment of function, they become carriers of the will of the… — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Copy Share Image
Writing about music is like dancing about architecture - it's really a stupid thing to want to do. — Elvis Costello Copy Share Image
Fashion is an archetype: you're trying to build a silhouette, and that is very similar to building up a building because you're… — Jonathan Anderson Copy Share Image
A world of few choices, whether in jeans or mates, is a world in which individual differences become sources of alienation, unhappiness,… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
Metal buildings are the dream that Modern Architects had at the beginning of this century. It has finally come true, but they… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
“Go drinking and come up with an idea and do it. I gave away the keys to the castle.” He doesn’t see… — Jeff Gordinier Copy Share Image
When you look on one of your contemporary 'good copies' of historical remains, ask yourself the question: Not what style, but in… — Louis Sullivan Copy Share Image
