“If you consider only utility, the things you build will soon be useless... nobody wants to be in it.” IfsWantArchitectureUselessUtility Author:Roger Scruton
“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.” InspirationMorningHabitExerciseDressesArchitecturePassingPassingsMannersGood ManSkillfulGood MannersInsincerityBlight Author:Roger Scruton
“Modernism in architecture went hand in hand with socialist and fascist projects to rid old Europe of its hierarchical past” HandsPastProjectsEuropeArchitectureSocialistHand In HandFascistsModernism Book:A Political Philosophy Source: A Political Philosophy
“There are no chords in modernist architecture, only lines - lines that may come to an end, but that achieve no closure” MayEndsLinesAchieveArchitectureChordsClosure Author:Roger Scruton
“There is a deep human need for beauty and if you ignore that need in architecture your buildings will not last” IfsNeedsHumansLastsBuildingArchitectureHuman Needs Author:Roger Scruton
