Among Quote by Martin Rees

I never weary of great churches. It is my favorite kind of mountain scenery. Mankind was never so happily inspired as when it made…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

It is not architectural achievement that makes the structures of earlier times seem to us so full of significance but the circumstance that antique…

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Surely that little pseudo-gothic church on Broadway, hidden amongst the skyscrapers, is symbolic of the age! On the whole face of the globe the…

— Andre Malraux

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

We used to build temples, and museums are about as close as secular society dares to go in facing up to the idea that…

— Alain de Botton

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

All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the…

— F. Sionil Jose

The Christian faith is a grand cathedral with divinely pictured windows.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

— Mark Batterson

It is an exceptional event to build a cathedral - it must withstand several lifetimes.

— Santiago Calatrava

“It became obvious why Catholics had built such beautiful cathedrals and churches throughout the world. Not as gathering or meeting places for Christians. But…

— Allen R. Hunt

Put simply, the church finds itself in a post-Christendom era, and it had better do some serious reflection or face increasing decline and eventual…

— Alan Hirsch