Top 46 Quotes by Stephen Gardiner

In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside of a roof; it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished.

The corridor is hardly ever found in small houses, apart from the verandah, which also serves as a corridor.

Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas, like the Nomads.

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

The frame of the cave leads to the frame of man.

The further forward we go, the further back we have to explore in order to go forward again.

The English light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture responded with great delicacy of detail.

In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle to establish their territory and to survive.

What people want, above all, is order.

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.