architectural elegance Quotes

If i were asked to say what is at once the most important production of Art and the thing most to be longed for, I should answer, A beautiful House.

There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last

Architecture, like dress, is an exercise in good manners, and good manners involve the habit of skillful insincerity - the habit of saying "good morning" to those whose mornings you would rather blight, and of passing the butter to those you would rather starve.

It takes a lot of effort to make a building look effortless.

The third order, called Corinthian, is an imitation of the slenderness of a maiden; for the outlines and limbs of maidens, being more slender on account of their tender years, admit of prettier effects in the way of adornment.

The magnificent lobby of the Chrysler Building - faced with rare marbles, aglitter with decorative metalwork, and surmounted by a ceiling painted with a totemic image of the tower itself - leads to elevator cabs inlaid with exotic woods in fanciful patterns. The entire route from street to office is invested with ceremony, dignity, and delight.

The greatest architectural illusion is not Baroque fancy or Victorian flamboyant, but minimalism.

The ruins proclaim the building was beautiful.

I think Miss Monroe as architecture is extremely good architecture, and she's a very natural actress, and a very good one.