Renaissance Architecture/development of Renaissance Architecture in Italy

Famous quotes containing the words architecture, development and/or italy:

    “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)

    “Dissonance between family and school, therefore, is not only inevitable in a changing society; it also helps to make children more malleable and responsive to a changing world. By the same token, one could say that absolute homogeneity between family and school would reflect a static, authoritarian society and discourage creative, adaptive development in children.”
    —Sara Lawrence Lightfoot (20th century)

    “Lump the whole thing! Say that the Creator made Italy from designs by Michael Angelo!”
    —Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)