Destruction Quote by James Fenton

“All things fall and are built again.”

— Donna Tartt

“The reality of the building does not consist of the roof and walls, but the space within to be lived.”

— Lao Tzu

“When a crumbling house reaches a certain point, there’s no fixing it. You tear it down. You clear the rubble, and then you build…

— Amanda Bouchet

“There is nothing like the hand of the populace for building everything that is built by demolishing.”

— Victor Hugo

“Our houses are palaces to those who have none.”

— Helen Dunmore

“The words sink and rise along the streets, are breathed in and out by the citizens, are pressed like bombs into the hands of…

— Nike Sulway

“I told them that the form of a building must follow its function".”

— Ayn Rand

“Buildings are not very good at remembering the people who once occupied them.”

— Maggie Stiefvater

“This is what they built to find it. What do you think they built to protect it?”

— robert edward

“home is the structure/ you build when nowhere else will have you”

— Ann Tweedy

“We have to build our lives out of what materials we have. It's as though we were given a heap of blocks and told…

— Maud Hart Lovelace

“Abandoned buildings are like abandoned people. They grow bitter and start to keep bad company.”

— Louise Welsh