Roger Scruton Quotes About Architecture
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Modernism in architecture went hand in hand with socialist and fascist projects to rid old Europe of its hierarchical past
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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.
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If you consider only utility, the things you build will soon be useless... nobody wants to be in it.
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There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last
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There are no chords in modernist architecture, only lines - lines that may come to an end, but that achieve no closure
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