Augustus Pugin
An English architect, designer, artist, and critic, he was a leading figure in the Gothic Revival style, known for his work on the Houses of Parliament.
Quotes by Augustus Pugin
The steam engine has no place in sacred architecture.
Beauty in building comes from utility wedded to devotion.
The Victorian age will be judged by its churches.
I laugh at those who call Gothic barbaric.
Architecture should uplift the spirit, not depress it.
In correspondence with Ruskin, I argued that form follows faith.
The end of my life sees the revival of true principles.
No building is complete without its moral purpose.
The gargoyle guards the soul of the church.
Modern luxury is the enemy of honest design.
I have spent my life fighting for the Gothic cause.
The rose window speaks of divine light.
Critics of revivalism are blind to history's lessons.
Architecture is the handwriting of faith on the face of the earth.
In my final days, I see the dawn of a Gothic revival.
The nave leads the soul to the altar of truth.
Pugin's law: Ornament without meaning is mere decoration.
Faith builds cathedrals; doubt builds warehouses.
I jest that classical columns support nothing but pagan idols.
The spire is the aspiration of the faithful.