Medieval times Quote by Jane Thompson

“Buttresses were one of the prime structural features of Gothic architecture: by accommodating the thrust of the vaults transferred to them from strategic points,…

— Ross King

“This great church is an incomparable work of art. There is neither aridity nor confusion in the tenets it sets forth. . . .…

— Frederick P. Brooks Jr

“As it recurred again and again, it set me thinking of what my architect's books say about the custom in early times to consecrate…

— Robert W. Chambers

Cathedrals are built with pennies of the faithful. A great opera house also is a spiritual center, a temple of sorts, where many gather…

— Eleanor Robson Belmont

It was a very aged, ghostly place; the church had been built many hundreds of years ago, and had once had a convent or…

— Charles Dickens

In an urban environment, a church building is a thing of the past.

— Mark Batterson

The back of Saint Peter's is one of the finest pieces of architecture I've ever seen.

— Frank Gehry

“And I hope that all my readers are acquainted with an old English Cathedral town or I fear the significance of Mr Norrell’s chusing…

— Susanna Clarke

Many men build as cathedrals are built-the part nearest the ground finished, but that part which soars toward heaven, the turrets and the spires,…

— Henry Ward Beecher

“One can trace the relics of this former happiness in the trim shapes of the buildings, the occasional graceful churches, and the evidences of…

— H.P. Lovecraft

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

“Rebuilt in Victorian times, it retained the modesty of its medieval origins. Small and neat, its spire indicated the direction of heaven without trying…

— Diane Setterfield