Inigo Jones
Introduced Palladian architecture to England with designs like the Queen's House, influencing British classical style.
Quotes by Inigo Jones
As man is the most perfect of all creatures, so is the perfect building the most perfect of all works of art.
Architecture is not merely a science, but an art, and that art the noblest of all.
The true end of architecture is to give delight.
All architecture should be solid, convenient, and beautiful.
The design of a building should be such that it may be understood by all, and admired by the judicious.
Beauty is nothing else but a just symmetry and proportion of parts.
The eye is the judge of beauty, and the mind of proportion.
To build well, one must first think well.
The greatest ornament of a building is its fitness for the use to which it is applied.
I have made it my business to study the best authors, and to observe the best buildings.
The true architect is not he who builds much, but he who builds well.
Proportion is the soul of architecture.
The art of building is the art of proportion.
Without proportion, there can be no beauty.
The rules of architecture are not arbitrary, but founded in nature.
A building should be like a well-composed piece of music, where every part contributes to the harmony of the whole.
The architect must be a man of universal knowledge.
To understand architecture, one must understand the human body.
The orders of architecture are the alphabet of design.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication in building.