Apr 11, 2015
“If one were asked what is the great distinction between good architecture and bad, the answer would undoubtedly be that it is the possession, or otherwise, of the quality of imagination. Imagination is the very vitalizing force of every art. We acknowledge it to be so, most particularly in connection with poetry, literature, and painting; but, though less generally recognized, it is just as universally apparent in all architecture of real worth. If an architect does not possess it, he may build, but his buildings will be paltry, insipid and banal.”
- C.J. Warren, Architecture, v18.6, 1908 (via revivalthedigest)
