Stephen Gardiner Quotes

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• It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Peace, Men, Shapes

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The House: Its Origins and Evolution”, Ivan R Dee

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• The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.

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  Taken, Steps, Steps Forward

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The House: Its Origins and Evolution”, Ivan R Dee

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• It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Hunters, Process, Farmers

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The house: its origins and evolution”, Constable & Company Limited

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• Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Home, Sea, Land

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• The interior of the house personifies the private world; the exterior of it is part of the outside world.

  Stephen Gardiner

  House, World, Architecture

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• The further forward we go, the further back we have to explore in order to go forward again.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Order

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The House: Its Origins and Evolution”, Ivan R Dee

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• The frame of the cave leads to the frame of man.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Men, Caves

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• What people want, above all, is order.

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  Order, People, Racist

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The House: Its Origins and Evolution”, Ivan R Dee

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• Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Community, Architecture, Individual

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The house: its origins and evolution”, Constable & Company Limited

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• Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Art, Inspiration, Requirements

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• The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Men, Swag, Circles

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• The Romans used every housing form known today and they have a remarkably modern look.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Looks, Today, Modern

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The house: its origins and evolution”, Constable & Company Limited

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• Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Men, Views, Order

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• The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden

  Stephen Gardiner

  Garden, Land, Design

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• The mandala describes balance. This is so whatever the pictorial form.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Balance, Form, Pictorial

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The House: Its Origins and Evolution”, Ivan R Dee

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• The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark.

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  Dark, Light, Discovery

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The house: its origins and evolution”, Constable & Company Limited

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• In the East there is a gap between the top of the wall and the underside of the roof; the wall does not act as a support. Instead, it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished.

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  Wall, Chinese, East

  "The House: Its Origins and Evolution".

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• The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Men, Caves, Mystery

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• The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the country had undergone.

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  Country, Religious, Outcomes

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The House: Its Origins and Evolution”, Ivan R Dee

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• The English light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture responded with great delicacy of detail.

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  Light, Fog, Details

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The house: its origins and evolution”, Constable & Company Limited

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• Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave.

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  Mean, Ideas, House

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The House: Its Origins and Evolution”, Ivan R Dee

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• The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.

  Stephen Gardiner

  House, Influential, Approach

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The house: its origins and evolution”, Constable & Company Limited

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• French architecture always manages to combine the most magnificent underlying themes of architecture; like Roman design, it looks to the community.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Design, Community, Looks

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The house: its origins and evolution”, Constable & Company Limited

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• Newton, for instance, attempted to comprehend the diversities of the universe with a single system of mathematical laws, the objectivity, sobriety and logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which, while accepting variations and adjustments according to climate and other needs, could be applied universally.

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  Logic, Architecture, Formulas

  "The House: Its Origins and Evolution".

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• Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas, like the Nomads.

  Stephen Gardiner

  Past, Ideas, Nomad

  Stephen Gardiner (2002). “The house: its origins and evolution”, Constable & Company Limited

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