Built Quote by Francis Bacon

Houses are built to live in, not to look on; therefore, let use be preferred before uniformity, except where both may be had

— Francis Bacon Sr

Houses are built to live in and not to look on.

— Francis Bacon Sr

One must live to build one's house, and not build one's house to live in.

— Gaston Bachelard

If our designs for private houses are to be correct, we must at the outset take note of the countries and climates in which…

— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

Houses are like books: so many of them around you, yet you only look at a few and visit or reside in fewer still.

— Milorad Pavić

I think it's important to approach a house in a way that's reflective of the original environment. Maybe I'm a sentimentalist, but I think…

— Kelsey Grammer

Houses are like the human beings that inhabit them.

— Victor Hugo

A house is a compressed territory where our basic needs can be fulfilled close by and safely.

— Yann Martel

Houses are built brick-by-brick. HOMEs are built word-by-word. Houses don't build themselves. So YOU must build your home.

— Anonymous

Homes are filled with who you are, as opposed to things.

— Masaba Gupta

A house should be a synthesis of comfort, practicality, and tradition.

— Elsie de Wolfe

The design of good houses requires an understanding of both the construction materials and the behavior of real humans.

— Peter Morville