Marriage does not exist for the benefit of the present generation but for the benefit of the next

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

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.

Music addresses us from beyond the borders of the natural world

The relation of the soul to the body is like that of a house to its bricks. The soul is a principle of organisation, which governs the flesh and endows it with meaning. It is no more separable from the flesh than is the house from its bricks, even if the soul may survive the gradual replacement of every bodily part.

Beauty is vanishing from our world because we live as though it does not matter.

Styles may change, details may come and go, but the broad demands of aesthetic judgement are permanent.