"In the crowded and difficult conditions of a……" — Stephen Gardiner
"In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle to establish their territory and to survive."
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47 Quotes by Stephen Gardiner
Stephen Gardiner has 47 quotes on this site.
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Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest.
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The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden
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The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part of the outside world.
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What people want, above all, is order.
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Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design.
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Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the…
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The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally.
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It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings.
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The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark.
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Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.
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The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the…
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Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas, like the Nomads.
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More Conditions Quotes
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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.
— Hannah Arendt
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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can…
— Hannah Arendt
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently;…
— Aristotle
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I am not interested in the afterlife. Religion is supposed to be about losing your ego, not preserving it eternally…
— Karen Armstrong
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We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's…
— Margaret Atwood
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Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always…
— Roger Babson
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You can talk about capitalism and communism and all that sort of thing, but the important thing is the struggle…
— Bernard Baruch
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It is impious to say that evil has its origin from God, because naught contrary is produced by the contrary.…
— Saint Basil
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Any man who does not accept the conditions of life sells his soul.
— Charles Baudelaire
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Old-fashioned ways which no longer apply to changed conditions are a snare in which the feet of women have always…
— Jane Addams
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As the scene of life would be more the cold emptiness of space than the warm, dense atmosphere of planets,…
— John Desmond Bernal
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One of the great advantages of cremation - apart from all sanitary conditions - lies in the swift restoration to…
— Annie Besant
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