Quotes by Thoreau, Henry David

The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent exped >>

One of the most attractive things about the flowers is their beautiful >>

The purity men love is like the mists which envelope the earth, and no >>

Quotations about Architecture

The architect represents neither a Dionysian nor an Apollinian conditi >>

The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture. >>

Don't fight forces, use them. >>

True, there are architects so called in this country, and I have heard of one at least possessed with the idea of making architectural ornaments have a core of truth, a necessity, and hence a beauty, as if it were a revelation to him. All very well perhaps from his point of view, but only a little better than the common dilettantism.

Thoreau, Henry David