Osbert Lancaster Quotes

• Eccentricity, to be socially acceptable, had still to have at least four or five generations of inbreeding behind it.

  Osbert Lancaster

  Luck, Generations, Four

  Osbert Lancaster (1963). “All done from memory”, John Murray

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• Architecture may be frozen music, but it melts.

  Osbert Lancaster

  Frozen, May, Architecture

  Osbert Lancaster (1975). “A cartoon history of architecture”, Harvard Common Pr

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• The boredom occasioned by too much restraint is always preferable to that produced by an uncontrolled enthusiasm for a pointless variety.

  Osbert Lancaster

  Blessing, Boredom, Enthusiasm

  Osbert Lancaster (1958). “Here, of All Places”

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• A household where a total unawareness of the world of ideas not only existed but was regarded as a matter for congratulation.

  Osbert Lancaster

  Congratulations, Ideas, World

  Osbert Lancaster (1963). “All done from memory”, John Murray

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• Although very few people are actually called upon to live in palaces a very large number are unwilling to admit the fact.

  Osbert Lancaster

  Home, Numbers, People

  Osbert Lancaster (1975). “A cartoon history of architecture”, Harvard Common Pr

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