Cathedral Quotes

124 quotes by 107 authors

I'm not a preacher, and I'm certainly not a good example, but I have my own feelings about God. I'm kind of a nature guy.… — Neil Young
Maimed but still magnificent... Europe's mightiest medieval cathedral. — R. W. Apple
My faith grew strong, and I sent a letter (as I was ordered) to the Rev. Dignitary of the Cathedral of Exeter. I was assured,… — Joanna Southcott
You think my paintings are calm, like windows in some cathedral? You should look again. I'm the most violent of all the American painters. Behind… — Mark Rothko
If theory is the role of the architect, then such beautiful proofs are the role of the craftsman. Of course, as with the great renaissance… — Michael Atiyah
Armstrong, sitting in the commander's seat, spacesuit on, helmet on, plugged into electrical and environmental umbilical's, is the man who is not only a machine… — Norman Mailer
At noon I feel as though I could devour all the elephants of Hindostan, and then pick my teeth with the spire of Strasburg cathedral;… — Heinrich Heine
An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral. — Clarence Darrow
[Rumi] is trying to get us to feel the vastness of our true identity... like the sense you might get walking into a cathedral... — Coleman Barks
The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness. — Oscar Niemeyer
People said making clothes inside out was not proper. I disagreed, because clothes that are inside out are as beautiful as a cathedral. — Sonia Rykiel
But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral, for… — Minoru Yamasaki
A parable: A man was examining the construction of a cathedral. He asked a stone mason what he was doing chipping the stones, and the… — Richard Hamming
The preliminaries were out of the way, the creative process was about to begin. The creative process, that mystic life force, that splurge out of… — Cornell Woolrich
You have started the book with this bubble over your head that contains a cathedral full of fire - that contains a novel so vast… — Michael Cunningham
I grew up in a forest. It's like a room. It's protected. Like a cathedral... it is a place between heaven and earth. — Anselm Kiefer
And so we smile on, Feeding the truths we share With a union of our souls, Cathedral slaves of our passion Which builds beauty amongst… — Unknown Author
I wish someone would ask me to design a cathedral. — Philip Johnson
I like the thought that what we are to do on this earth is embellish it for its greater beauty, so that oncoming generations can… — Philip Johnson
Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral. The size of the project means little in art,… — Frank Lloyd Wright

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