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Buildings Quotes by Roger Scruton
- Modernist buildings exclude dialogue, and the void that they create around themselves is not a public space but a desertification
- There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last
- Classical buildings endure because they are loved, admired and accepted, and enjoy an innate adaption to human needs and purposes.
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