Stephen Gardiner

It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#calm #discover #inner #man #only

The center of Western culture is Greece, and we have never lost our ties with the architectural concepts of that ancient civilization. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#architectural #center #civilization #concepts #culture

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

— Stephen Gardiner

#ideas #like #meaning #meaning of #mere

French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#architecture #combine #community #design #french

Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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Human requirements are the inspiration for art. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#human #inspiration #requirements

In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

#egypt #living #subordinate #were

Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design. ↗

— Stephen Gardiner

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