Quotes by Stephen Gardiner

About Stephen Gardiner:

Stephen Gardiner was an English bishop and politician during the English Reformation period who served as Lord Chancellor during the reign of Queen Mary I and King Philip.
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It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings.

Stephen Gardiner

It is thought that the changeover from hunter to farmer was a slow, gradual process.

Stephen Gardiner

In the Scottish Orkneys, the little stone houses with their single large room and central hearth had an extraordinary range of built-in furniture.

Stephen Gardiner

In the crowded and difficult conditions of a steep hillside, houses have had to struggle to establish their territory and to survive.

Stephen Gardiner

In Japanese houses the interior melts into the gardens of the outside world.

Stephen Gardiner

Until we perceive the meaning of our past, we remain the mere carriers of ideas, like the Nomads.

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The medieval hall house was very primitive when it became the characteristic form of dwelling of the landowner of the Middle Ages.

Stephen Gardiner

The Egyptian tomb was the outcome of the Mesopotamian influence and followed from the religious crisis the country had undergone.

Stephen Gardiner

The American order reveals a method that was largely the outcome of material necessity, as exemplified by the Colonial style and the grid.

Stephen Gardiner

People like terra firma, and they should be allowed to walk where they wish.

Stephen Gardiner

Like flats of today, terraces of houses gained a certain anonymity from identical facades following identical floor plans and heights.

Stephen Gardiner

In Egypt, the living were subordinate to the dead.

Stephen Gardiner

Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave.

Stephen Gardiner

The largest and most influential houses chiefly demonstrate the aloofness of the French approach.

Stephen Gardiner

The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark.

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It is hardly surprising that the Georgian domestic style emerges as the most remarkable in the world.

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In the East there is a gap between the top of a wall and underside of a roof; it acts as a screen, and the Chinese were able to use it as they wished.

Stephen Gardiner

In cities like Athens, poor houses lined narrow and tortuous streets in spite of luxurious public buildings.

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

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

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

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Author Bio

  • NameStephen Gardiner
  • DescriptionEnglish bishop
  • Born1497
  • DiedNovember 12, 1555
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPriest