“The way of architecture is the quiet voice that underlies it and has guided it from the beginning.”
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Great buildings that move the spirit have always been rare. In every case they are unique, poetic, products of the heart.
Only when inspired to go beyond consciousness by some extraordinary insight does beauty manifest unexpectedly.
This great, though disastrous, culture can only change as we begin to stand off and see... the inveterate materialism which has become the model for cultures around the world.
We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same.
