And the deeds that ye do upon this earth, it is for fellowship's sake that ye do them.

So with this Earthly Paradise it is, If ye will read aright, and pardon me, Who strive to build a shadowy isle of bliss Midmost the beating of the steely sea.

If a chap can't compose an epic poem while he's weaving tapestry, he had better shut up, he'll never do any good at all.

To happy folkAll heaviest words no more of meaning bearThan far-off bells saddening the Summer air.

Apart from the desire to produce beautiful things, the leading passion of my life has been and is hatred of modern civilization.

Not on one strand are all life's jewels strung.

If there is a reason for keeping the wall very quiet, choose a pattern that works all over without pronounced lines...Put very succinctly, architectural effect depends upon a nice balance of horizontal, vertical and oblique. No rules can say how much of each; so nothing can really take the place of feeling and good judgement.