Modernism in architecture went hand in hand with socialist and fascist projects to rid old Europe of its hierarchical past

Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference: beauty demands to be noticed; it speaks to us directly like the voice of an intimate friend. If there are people who are indifferent to beauty, then it is surely because they do not perceive it.

There are no chords in modernist architecture, only lines - lines that may come to an end, but that achieve no closure

Science proposes something and then does everything it can to disprove it. Religion is not like that. It proposes something and does everything it can to keep it from being disproved.

A philosopher who says, 'There are no truths, only interpretations,' risks the retort: 'Is that true, or only an interpretation?'

Modernism in architecture went hand in hand with socialist and fascist projects to rid old Europe of its hierarchical past

Modern art was born from a desire to destroy kitsch.