Gothic Quotes

105 quotes by 96 authors

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
Culture is a sham if it is only a sort of Gothic front put on an iron building -- like Tower Bridge -- or a… — Eric Gill
The feat of superbly imitating a muscle, as Michelangelo did, or a face, as Raphael did, created neither progress nor a hierarchy in art. Because… — Fernand Leger
Irish fiction is full of secrets, guilty pasts, divided identities. It is no wonder that there is such a rich tradition of Gothic writing in… — Terry Eagleton
Well, Italy had been overrun by the War, there had practically been civil war, north and south of the Gothic Line, heavy bombing, the northern… — Gianni Agnelli
I wouldn't consider myself Goth, but I love Gothic pieces. — Tyson Chandler
I have always believed that the material world is governed by nonmaterial sources, so that in that sense 'English Music' is an exercise in the… — Peter Ackroyd
Preacher is a book that somehow allows me time by its settling on it's characters, that sort of modern gothic western feel. You're not likely… — Garth Ennis
I'm not really into gothic music, it's not really my type of scene but each to their own. I listen to pretty much anything. — Richard Fleeshman
My job on 'Dark Shadows' was to make it fun and funny, first and foremost. It can still be dark and it can still even… — Seth Grahame-Smith
Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced but confused state… — Brian Aldiss
I never realised that the Edinburgh skyline was so interesting - it's gothic and very urban and there's a lot of church spires and old… — Jamie Bell
It was night, and the rain fell; and falling, it was rain, but, having fallen, it was blood. — Edgar Allan Poe
Melrose is the finest remaining specimen of Gothic architecture in Scotland. Some of the sculptured flowers in the cloister arches are remarkably beautiful and delicate,… — Bayard Taylor
The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable. It is no doubt a sublimer effort of genius than the Greek style; but then… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
I like the dark, mysterious, maybe even gothic type girls. They have to have a good personality too! I'm very picky! — Shia LaBeouf
I decorated my house like a medieval gothic castle, European-style. Chandeliers and red velvet curtains. My bedroom is pink and black, my bathroom is totally… — Avril Lavigne
Magic is a state of mind. It is often portrayed as very black and gothic, and that is because certain practitioners played that up for… — Alan Moore
Often in gothic novels there's a large house, an estate, and it's symbolic of that culture. Usually it's sort of moldering or rotted or something,… — Joyce Carol Oates

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