Quotes by Stephen Gardiner

Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave. (Stephen Gardiner)

Human requirements are the inspiration for art. (Stephen Gardiner)

In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings. (Stephen Gardiner)

In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead. (Stephen Gardiner)

In Japanese art, space assumed a dominant role and its position was strengthened by Zen concepts. (Stephen Gardiner)

In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside of a roof; it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished. (Stephen Gardiner)

In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central hearth had an extraordinary range of built-in furniture. (Stephen Gardiner)

It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in the world. (Stephen Gardiner)

It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process. (Stephen Gardiner)

It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings. (Stephen Gardiner)