Quotes and anectdotes from the wise to the foolish, and the courageous to the drunk

Stephen Gardiner Religious Leader

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: England
  • Born: Jan 1, 1497
  • Died: Nov 12, 1555

Stephen Gardiner was an English Roman Catholic bishop and politician during the English Reformation period who served as Lord Chancellor during the reign of Queen Mary I of England.

What people want, above all, is order. architecture

Good buildings come from good people, ad all problems are solved by good design. design

The interior of the house personifies the private world the exterior of it is part of the outside world. architecture

Victorian architecture in the United States was copied straight from England. architecture

Of all the lessons most relevant to architecture today, Japanese flexibility is the greatest. architecture

The English light is so very subtle, so very soft and misty, that the architecture responded with great delicacy of detail. architecture

Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown. home

Georgian architecture respected the scale of both the individual and the community. architecture

Stonehenge was built possibly by the Minoans. It presents one of man's first attempts to order his view of the outside world. history

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom. knowledge & wisdom

The logic of Palladian architecture presented an aesthetic formula which could be applied universally. architecture

The Egyptian contribution to architecture was more concerned with remembering the dead than the living. architecture

The garden, by design, is concerned with both the interior and the land beyond the garden. design & gardening