See! This our fathers did for us.

All great art is the expression of man's delight in God's work, not his own.

The finer the nature, the more flaws it will show through the clearness of it; and it is a law of this universe that the best things shall be seldomest seen in their best form.

Architecture is the work of nations

The relative majesty of buildings depends more on the weight and vigour of their masses than any other tribute of their design.

No divine terror will ever be found in the work of the man who wastes a colossal strength in elaborating toys; for the first lesson that terror is sent to teach us is, the value of the human soul, and the shortness of mortal time.

Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning.