Dwelling Quote by Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

“These islands form a backdrop for a culture that transcends time. Life follows its own rhythm on these gems of the sea that spread…

— Laura Brooks

Yet all how beautiful! Pillars of pearl Propping the cliffs above, stalactites bright From the ice roof depending; and beneath, Grottoes and temples with…

— William Henry Burleigh

“The trees and shrubs rear white arms to the sky on every side; and where were walls and fences, we see forms stretching in…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Few people would argue that Stony Cross Park was one of the most beautiful places in England. The Hampshire estate sustained an infinite variety…

— Lisa Kleypas

“Turning to the northwest I see the much nearer fires on the hill, like a dwarfish volcano. Vigorous figures mill about the blazes, their…

— Avalon Brantley

Feathered with hoarfrost, skeletal trees loom closer; fog shrouded arches.

— Paul Brown

Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks and rivers wide Towers and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty…

— John Milton

The fundamental idea of these pylons, or great archways, is based on a method of construction peculiar to me, of which the principle consists…

— Gustave Eiffel

“I am completely stunned by the beauty of it. The villa, which will be our home for the next ten days, is nestled on…

— Lizzy Dent

The landscape was clothed in a mild and quiet light, in which the woods and fences checkered and partitioned it with new regularity, and…

— Henry David Thoreau

In the summer there are twelve cottonwoods around the pool, which in the winter become an elevated thicket. There is also a courtyard with…

— Donald Judd

“They that soar too high, often fall hard, making a low and level Dwelling preferable. The tallest Trees are most in the Power of…

— Dale Carnegie