#architect

The peace within and flowing from sacred spaces and architecture places is clothed in forgiveness, renunciation, and reconciliation. ↗

— Norris Brock Johnson

#japan #kyoto #temple #architecture

The character of the architectural forms and spaces which all people habitually encounter are powerful agencies in determining the nature of their thoughts, their emotions and their actions, however unconscious of this they may be. ↗

— Hugh Ferriss

#behavioral-psychology #social-psychology #space #architecture

Integrating the beauty of seasonal change into the residence was a concept that remains true even today even in the more cramped, inner city machiya. ↗

— Judith Clancy

#food #history #japan #kyoto #machiya

Stay More' is synonymous with 'Status Quo' in fact, there are people who believe, or who like to believe, that the name of the town was intended as an entreaty, beseeching the past to remain present. ↗

— Donald Harington

#past #present #progress #architecture

It became obvious why Catholics had built such beautiful cathedrals and churches throughout the world. Not as gathering or meeting places for Christians. But as a home for Jesus Himself in the Blessed Sacrament. Cathedrals house Jesus. Christians merely come and visit Him. The cathedrals and churches architecturally prepare our souls for the beauty of the Eucharist. ↗

— Allen R. Hunt

#cathedrals #catholicism #christ #christianity #churches

It took Feyra some time to realise that she was not delirious: the citizens were wearing painted masks.From childhood she had heard the legend that the Venetians were half human, half beast.She knew that this could not be true, but in the swirling fog of this hellish city she almost believed it. The creatures seemed to stare at her down their warped noses from their blank and hollow eyes. And overlord of all was the winged lion - he was everywhere, watching from every plaque or pennant, ubiquitous and threatening. ↗

— Marina Fiorato

#bubonic-plague #historical-romance-fiction #medical-history #venice #architecture

We were still young enough to remember the cubist architecture of the piles of corpses we had seen during the war. ↗

— George Konrád

#trauma #war #architecture

...it is necessary to understand the historical and aesthetical process of cultures involved in the configuration of what we call Latin America. On the other hand we must find out how the cultures mixed and what their mixtures produced. The main stream is still the great history of Western art, which has set aside the artistic expression of other cultures, even though those continue to influence the painting, sculpture and architecture of South America. ↗

— Maria de Los Angeles Taberna

#architecture

The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture. ↗

— Christopher Nolan

#ever #filmmaking #interest #job #me

Trying to describe something musical is like dancing to architecture, it's really difficult. ↗

— Robert Palmer

#dancing #describe #difficult #like #musical