Age Quote by Goldwin Smith

When I visit any cathedral, it reminds me of being with my grandparents. They weren't particularly religious, but my grandfather was obsessed with architecture.

— Jonathan Anderson

I have been into many of the ancient cathedrals - grand, wonderful, mysterious. But I always leave them with a feeling of indignation because…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

I love the description of Gothic churches before the printed word, that they were the bibles of the poor.

— John McGahern

A Gothic church is a petrified religion.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Whenever I traveled abroad and went into these old cathedrals and churches, I would feel so peaceful.

— Zak Bagans

I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture,…

— Jason Silva

The Gothic cathedral is a blossoming in stone subdued by the insatiable demand of harmony in man.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A Gothic building engenders true religion ... The light, falling through colored glass, the singular forms of the architecture, unite to give a silent…

— Madame de Stael

The word Gothic, in the sense in which it is generally employed, is wholly unsuitable, but wholly consecrated. Hence we accept it and we…

— Victor Hugo

Revived in this country the long forgotten beauties of Gothic architecture.

— James Wyatt

An obsession that I've developed in my old age, is great architecture. I bought a house in New Orleans and I became quite enamored…

— Jennifer Coolidge

I've always had a fondness for the Gothic. That's what kind of stories attract me: Why do people do bad things?

— Gillian Flynn