Architecture Quote by François-René de Chateaubriand

“Forests were the first temples of God and in forests men grasped their first idea of architecture.”

— James C. Snyder

The groves were God's first temples.

— William C. Bryant

The forest is the first cathedral. I felt that from the time I was a child. I credit my mother with that. I used…

— Alice Walker

The forest is the first cathedral. I felt that from the time I was a child. I credit my mother with that. I used…

— Alice Walker

“The groves were God's first temple”

— William Cullen Bryant

The groves were God's first temple. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them,--ere he…

— William C. Bryant

To me, nature is sacred; trees are my temples and forests are my cathedrals.

— Mikhail Gorbachev

Architecture is the constant fight between man and nature, the fight to overwhelm nature, to possess it. The first act of architecture is to…

— Mario Botta

Artists like Bach and Beethoven erected churches and temples on the heights. I only wanted... to build dwellings for men in which they might…

— Edvard Grieg

Bach and Beethoven erected temples and churches on the heights. I only wanted to build dwellings for men in which they might feel happy…

— Stephen Hough

Plants were bound for good or ill to their places. They expressed not only beauty but also the thoughts of God's world, with an…

— Carl Jung

The whole existence is a temple...the trees are continously in worship, the clouds are in prayer and the mountains are in meditation.

— Rajneesh