Good Buildings Quotes by Stephen Gardiner

The further forward we go, the further back we have to explore in order to go forward again.

— Stephen Gardiner

The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark.

— Stephen Gardiner

It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process.

— Stephen Gardiner

The center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with the architectural concepts of that ancient civilization.

— Stephen Gardiner

The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor.

— Stephen Gardiner

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

— Stephen Gardiner

The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part of the outside world.

— Stephen Gardiner

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

— Stephen Gardiner

In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle to establish their territory and to survive.

— Stephen Gardiner

The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.

— Stephen Gardiner

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

— Stephen Gardiner

What people want, above all, is order.

— Stephen Gardiner