Cathedral Quote by Virginia Woolf

When I visit any cathedral, it reminds me of being with my grandparents. They weren't particularly religious, but my grandfather was obsessed with architecture.

— Jonathan Anderson

When I started to build this cathedral, the word on the street was that I was crazy.

— Justo Gallego

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.

— Thomas Carlyle

Maimed but still magnificent... Europe's mightiest medieval cathedral.

— Anonymous

Seeing that picture, for me, was like Chartres Cathedral.

— Henry Moore

The secret of great cathedrals is that their proportions conform to cosmic laws, 'shaping' people who spend time in them.

— Theodor Schwenk

The challenge of a cathedral is very good for architectural inventiveness.

— Oscar Niemeyer

Cathedrals do not seem to me to have been built. They seem, rather, stupendous growths of nature, like crystals, or cliffs of basalt.

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

But I feel truly wowed by the architecture and the meaning of the architecture if you get lost in it and think about the…

— Paul Bettany

“Where's your church?" "We're standing in it." "But this is a bookstore and it's a Friday." "Yes, but you might also choose to see…

— Forrest Church

There is a reason we used to build Cathedrals that drew the eye upwards.

— Michael Gungor

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

— Santiago Calatrava