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Quote by John Ruskin
It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore a

It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled. – John Ruskin

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Of all Gods gifts to the sighted man, color is holiest, the most divine, the most solemn. – John Ruskin

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The child who desires education will be bettered by it the child who dislikes it disgraced. – John Ruskin

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The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world… to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one. – John Ruskin

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An important work of architecture will create polemics. – Richard Meier

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We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of the city. – Alvar Aalto

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