Cathedrals Quotes

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I come from a tradition of Western culture, in which the ideal (my ideal) was the complex, dense, and 'cathedral-like' structure of the highly educated… — Richard Foreman
Art is, nowadays, our new religion and museums are our cathedrals. — Theodore Zeldin
The Church exists for nothing else but to draw men into Christ, to make them little Christs. If they are not doing that, all the… — C.S. Lewis
Mountains are not stadiums where I satisfy my ambition to achieve, they are the cathedrals where I practice my religion. — Anatoli Boukreev
Concepts differentiate architecture from mere building...A bicycle shed with a concept is architecture; a cathedral without one is just a building. — Bernard Tschumi
The unpurged images of day recede; The Emperor's drunken soldiery are abed; Night resonance recedes, night-walkers' song After great cathedral gong. — William Butler Yeats
Three men were laying brick. The first was asked: " What are you doing? He answered: " Laying some brick." The second man was asked:… — Charles M. Schwab
Peace is not just the absence of war. Like a cathedral, peace must be constructed patiently and with unshakable faith. — Pope John Paul II
In cathedral or cottage, the art of worship is an inner adventure; it is the personal practice of the presence of God. — Wilferd Peterson
The charm, one might say the genius, of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental; it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I think that cars today are almost the exact equivalent of the great Gothic cathedrals: I mean the supreme creation of an era, conceived with… — Roland Barthes
I believe talent is like electricity. We don't understand electricity. We use it. You can plug into it and light up a lamp, keep a… — Maya Angelou
Here is a fact: nothing in all civilization has been as productive as ludicrous ambition. Whatever its ills, nothing has created more. Cathedrals, sonatas, encyclopedias:… — Tom Rachman
Tread softly as you draw near to the bedside of a dying man, for the space around him is holy ground. Speak in hushed tones,… — Jennifer Worth
It is easy to turn our religious life into a cathedral for beautiful memories, but there are feet to be washed . . . — Oswald Chambers
Mountains are cathedrals: grand and pure, the houses of my religion. I go to them as humans go to worship...From their lofty summits, I view… — Anatoli Boukreev
You canâ€™t bring an unwritten place to life without losing something substantial. Manila is the cradle, the graveyard, the memory. The Mecca, the Cathedral, the… — Miguel Syjuco
My icons do not raise up the blessed savior in elaborate cathedrals. They are constructed concentrations celebrating barren rooms. They bring a limited light. — Dan Flavin
Our horizon is the creation of a noble society to which, like the medieval builder of those glorious cathedrals, you will have added your conception,… — Adrienne Clarkson
The image of how power shows itself to the public is important... CNN was an inspiration to do the project in color because power confirms… — Carl De Keyzer

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