Accusation Quote by Thomas Merton

Some ruins of ancient times are much more beautiful than the best buildings of modern eras!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

What cities, as great as this, have . . . promised themselves immortality! Posterity can hardly trace the situation of some. The sorrowful traveller…

— Oliver Goldsmith

I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history.

— John Webster

Well, there is something beautiful about ruins. I mean, in one sense it's not that different from going to Rome and looking at the…

— David Maraniss

We have long forgotten the ritual by which the house of our life was erected. But when it is under assault and enemy bombs…

— Walter Benjamin

One of the things that's amazing about reading the private writing of these folks is that they enthusiastically describe things which we have now…

— Christine Jennings

Our roots are clinging, we shouldn't knock down so many old 'buildings.'

— Whit Stillman

You see all these old buildings [in Rio] going down or catching fire overnight, and it is so sad. I am very connected with…

— Sonia Braga

Every sensitive person carries in himself old cities enclosed by ancient walls

— Robert Walser

It is not possible to make great buildings, or great towns, beautiful places, places where you feel yourself, places where you feel alive, except…

— Christopher Alexander

“When we gaze at the magnificence of an ancient monument and ascribe its achievement to one man, we are guilty of spiritual embezzlement. We…

— Ayn Rand

I have often wondered what it is an old building can do to you when you happen to know a little about things that…

— Carl Sandburg