Back in the 1500s, the culture that we had built in the West embraced multigenerational projects quite easily. Notre Dame. Massive cathedrals… — Jamais Cascio Copy Share Image
Mass production is nothing new. Weren't cathedrals built through mass production? The pyramids?... Paintings can be painted with the left hand, the… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
Not only is the day waning, but the year. The low sun is fiery and yet cold behind the monastery ruin, and… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The Hindu religion appears ... as a cathedral temple, half in ruins, noble in the mass, often fantastic in detail but always… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
Words mean what they're generally believed to mean. When Charles II saw Christopher Wren's St. Paul's Cathedral for the first time, he… — S.M. Stirling Copy Share Image
We spend more time at cinemas, theaters, art galleries and theme parks than we do at churches, and they have become our… — Michael Huffington Copy Share Image
Five days a week I drive from our home to the Episcopal Cathedral Center of Los Angeles where I have an office,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The great monuments are raised up like dams, pitting the logic of majesty and authority against all the shady elements: it is… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
Religion shows a pattern of heredity which I think is similar to genetic heredity. ... There are hundreds of different religious sects,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I come from a tradition of Western culture, in which the ideal (my ideal) was the complex, dense, and 'cathedral-like' structure of… — Richard Foreman Copy Share Image
If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when… — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
The perfume of the flowers and of the bay tree are wafted on high, like incense. The birds sing sweet songs of… — William Wendt Copy Share Image
I like the thought that what we are to do on this earth is embellish it for its greater beauty, so that… — Philip Johnson Copy Share Image
What is the crowning glory of your civilization... the symbol as clear a statement as the pyramids, the Parthenon, the cathedrals? What… — George Nelson Copy Share Image
I dream of diving in two places where I have not been yet. One is Antarctica, because of its crystal clear waters… — Enric Sala Copy Share Image
I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
“Living there [Horse Mesa] was like living in a natural cathedral. Waking up every morning, you walked outside and looked down at… — Jeannette Walls Copy Share Image
Yet is it possible in terms of the motion of atoms to explain how men can invent an electric motor, or design… — Arthur Compton Copy Share Image
Every age manifests itself by some external evidence. In a period such as ours when only a comparatively few individuals seem to… — Charles Sheeler Copy Share Image
God's signs are not always the ones we look for. We learn in tragedy that his purposes are not always our own.… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
People use the word "natural" ... What is natural to me is these botanical species which interact directly with the nervous system.… — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
Norwich is a fine city. None finer. If there is another city in the United Kingdom with a school of painters named… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
I was in the show for 21 days once-the 21 greatest days of my life. You know, you never handle your luggage… — Kevin Costner Copy Share Image
As regards my own 'philosophy,' I continue to be inspired by the music, liturgy and architectural tradition of the Anglican Church in… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
I believe that the tragedy [like terror attack] that's caused so much grief and suffering to so many thousands and thousands of… — Jane Goodall Copy Share Image
At noon I feel as though I could devour all the elephants of Hindostan, and then pick my teeth with the spire… — Heinrich Heine Copy Share Image
The sun,--the bright sun, that brings back, not light alone, but new life, and hope, and freshness to man--burst upon the crowded… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Parents who want a fresh point of view on their furniture are advised to drop down on all fours and accompany the… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
I went and looked at one of these great cathedrals one day, and I was blown away by it. From there I… — Ken Follett Copy Share Image
Paris was a universe whole and entire unto herself, hollowed and fashioned by history; so she seemed in this age of Napoleon… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
All over France, in every city there stand cathedrals like this one, triumphant monuments of the past. They tower over the homes… — Sonya Levien Copy Share Image
Philadelphia caught my attention in 1995 when a group of homeless families were living in an abandoned cathedral. Even from the beginning… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
Universities are renowned for their tolerance of unusual characters, especially if they show originality and dedication to their research. I have often… — Tony Attwood Copy Share Image
Not even the most secular among us can fail to be uplifted by Christianity's architectural legacy - the great cathedrals. These immense… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
There was no manifestation of contemporary culture that did not indicate to my grandmother how steadfast was the nation's decline, how merciless… — John Irving Copy Share Image
when your field is architecture, you go visit the great cathedrals of the world. My field was relationships. I got married many… — Barbara De Angelis Copy Share Image
I struggle with confidence, every time. I’m never completely sure I can write another book. Maybe my scope is too grand, my… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
What have we been doing all these centuries but trying to call God back to the mountain, or, failing that, raise a… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
I have been into many of the ancient cathedrals - grand, wonderful, mysterious. But I always leave them with a feeling of… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
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