A biography for Stephen Gardinerhasn’t been written yet.
“In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings.”
“In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world.”
“Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas, like the Nomads.”
“The mystery is what prompted men to leave caves, to come out of the womb of nature.”
“The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy in any composition.”
“The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center.”