Architect Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

The gothic reminds us that we are mainly driven by our passions; the Gothic deals in illicit desires, in what is prohibited by society.

— David Punter

“When we look at a perfect cathedral, two different emotions emerge in us: On the one hand, the feeling of admiration for the architect…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

A Gothic church is a petrified religion.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Of all forms of visible otherworldliness, it seems to me, the Gothic is at once the most logical and the most beautiful. It reaches…

— H. L. Mencken

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

In one point of view, Gothic is not only the best, but the only rational architecture, as being that which can fit itself most…

— John Ruskin

Yet for my part, deeply as I am moved by the religious architecture of the Middle Ages, I cannot honestly say that I ever…

— Goldwin Smith

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

Of all man's works of art, a cathedral is greatest. A vast and majestic tree is greater than that.

— Henry Ward Beecher

In cathedral or cottage, the art of worship is an inner adventure; it is the personal practice of the presence of God.

— Wilferd Peterson

But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral,…

— Minoru Yamasaki

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