"In Japanese houses the interior melts into the……" — Stephen Gardiner

In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside… - Stephen Gardiner

"In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world."

— Stephen Gardiner

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47 Quotes by Stephen Gardiner

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Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest.
The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden
The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part of the outside world.
What people want, above all, is order.
Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design.
Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the…
The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally.
It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings.
The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark.
Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.
The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the…
Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas, like the Nomads.

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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. — Aristotle
In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. — Margaret Atwood
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
That which is not good for the bee-hive cannot be good for the bees. — Marcus Aurelius
The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is… — Alfred Austin
Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are. — Alfred Austin
There is no gardening without humility. Nature is constantly sending even its oldest scholars to the bottom of the class… — Alfred Austin
Exclusiveness in a garden is a mistake as great as it is in society. — Alfred Austin
Because we can't escape our ancient hunger to live close to nature, we encircle the house with lawns and gardens,… — Diane Ackerman
A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most… — Teresa of Avila
God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. — Francis Bacon

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