Edwin Lutyens

“In architecture, Palladio is the game. It means hard thought all through - if it is labored, it fails.”

“Every garden scheme should have a backbone, a central idea beautifully phrased. Every wall, path, stone and flower should have its relationship to the central idea.”

“There will never be great architects or architecture without great patrons.”

“I advise everyone to build a house at 19. It's such good practice.”