German Romanticism - Architecture

Famous quotes containing the word architecture:

“No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)

“Defaced ruins of architecture and statuary, like the wrinkles of decrepitude of a once beautiful woman, only make one regret that one did not see them when they were enchanting.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

“It seems a fantastic paradox, but it is nevertheless a most important truth, that no architecture can be truly noble which is not imperfect.”
—John Ruskin (1819–1900)