"Architecture begins to matter when it brings delight and sadness and perplexity and awe along with a roof over our heads."

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Source : Paul Goldberger (2014). “Why Architecture Matters”, p.10, Yale University Press

Paul Goldberger

#Sadness Quotes #Delight Quotes #Matter Quotes

“Mona Lisa looks as if she has just been sick, or is about to be.”
“I haven't stopped and I don't plan on stoppin' any time soon.”
“Intelligent people discuss ideas. Fools discuss how people should behave.”
“A bird in the hand may be worth two in the bush, but remember also that a bird in the hand is a positive embarrassment to one not in the poultry business.”
“We don't need holy wars. What we need is tolerance and brotherhood and simple humanity.”

Source : "Joining Race, Specter Attacks the Right" by Richard L. Berke, www.nytimes.com. March 31, 1995.
“Practical life teaches us that people may differ and that both may be wrong: it also teaches us that people may differ and both be right. Anchor yourself fast in the latter faith, or the former will sweep your heart away.”

Source : Augustus William Hare (1827). “Guesses at Truth”
“I hope that by going to visit the pope I have enabled everybody to see that the words Catholic and Protestant, as ordinarily used, are completely out of date. They are almost always used now purely for propaganda purposes. That is why so much trouble is caused by them.”
“When black women are down with you and in your corner, you have an ally that will move Heaven and Earth.”

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