Cathedrals Quotes

160 Cathedrals quotes by 139 unique authors

No sovereign, no court, no personal loyalty, no aristocracy, no church, no clergy, no army, no diplomatic service, no country gentlemen, no palaces, no castles,… — Henry James
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
I love church buildings, particularly cathedrals, and I like living in spaces that remind me of music or evoke that creative energy. — Laura Mvula
Every generation has its war. I have just been reminded of mine. It ended in 1989, 43 years after it began, the longest war Britain… — Simon Jenkins
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
Everything in New Orleans is a good idea. Bijou temple-type cottages and lyric cathedrals side by side. Houses and mansions, structures of wild grace. Italianate,… — Bob Dylan
Fear God, and where you go men shall think they walk in hallowed cathedrals. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
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 secret of great cathedrals is that their proportions conform to cosmic laws, 'shaping' people who spend time in them. — Theodor Schwenk
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
If you want to humble an empire it makes sense to maim its cathedrals. They are symbols of its faith, and when they crumple and… — Nancy Gibbs
I believe there is a time for meditation in cathedrals of our own. — Billy Joel
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
Cathedrals, luxury liners laden with souls, Holding to the east their hulls of stone. — Wystan Hugh Auden
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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