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> [“I was trying to discover examples of a living restoration, trying to go beyond discussions about correct historic colors, materials, and techniques. I looked to the past for guidance, to find the graces we need to save. I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mansfield/i-was-trying-to-discover-examples-of-a-living-restoration-trying-to/)

[Howard Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mansfield/)

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## More by Howard Mansfield

> [ “The \[commercial\] strip is marketed with the come-on of comfort (the Comfort Inn) and with the promise of a home on the road, a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mansfield/the-commercial-strip-is-marketed-with-the-come-on-of-comfort-the/)

[Howard Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mansfield/)

> [We may talk of saving antique linens, species, or languages; but whatever we are intent on saving, when a restoration succeeds, we rescue ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mansfield/we-may-talk-of-saving-antique-linens-species-or-languages-but/)

[Howard Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mansfield/)

> [Four hundred years is but a moment in 10,000 years. Time is curved, time is braided. Throw out your clocks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mansfield/four-hundred-years-is-but-a-moment-in-10-000-years-time-is-curved/)

[Howard Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mansfield/)

> [“I was trying to discover examples of a living restoration, trying to go beyond discussions about correct historic colors, materials, and techniques. I looked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mansfield/i-was-trying-to-discover-examples-of-a-living-restoration-trying-to/)

[Howard Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mansfield/)

> [“Good preservation is a life preserver thrown to us in a shipwreck. Good preservation keeps us in touch with the graces of this life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mansfield/good-preservation-is-a-life-preserver-thrown-to-us-in-a-shipwreck/)

[Howard Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mansfield/)

> [We have everywhere an absence of memory. Architects sometimes talk of building with context and continuity in mind, religious leaders call it tradition, social…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-mansfield/we-have-everywhere-an-absence-of-memory-architects-sometimes-talk-of/)

[Howard Mansfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-mansfield/)

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