“The world is, of course, nothing but our conception of it.” The Three Sisters

The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than the inspired flash of a man of genius. The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse. Never Give In!

I have always thought that clarity is a form of courtesy that the philosopher owes; moreover, this discipline of ours considers it more truly a matter of honor today than ever before to be open to all minds … This is different from the individual sciences which increasingly [interpose] between the treasure of their discoveries and the curiosity of the profane the tremendous dragon of their closed terminology. History as a System