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Augustus Pugin
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“[I have] seen the fallacy of the new sects and trust ere long I shall be united in the original and apostolick church which suffers no change or variation. I trust no man will attribute my motives solely to my love for antient architecture for although I will allow the change has been brought about in me owing to my studies of antient art yet I have still higher reasons.”
Augustus Pugin (1812–1852) first seen 1834 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to E. J. Wilson (17 September 1834), quoted in Phoebe B. Stanton, 'Barry and Pugin: A Collaboration', in M. H. Port (ed.), The Houses of Parliament (1976), p. 58
“The object of the present Lecture is to set forth and explain the true principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture, by the knowledge of which you may be enabled to test architectural excellence. The two great rules for design are these: 1st, that there should be no features about a building which are not necessary for convenience, construction, or propriety; 2nd, that all ornament should consist of enrichment of the essential construction of the building.”
Augustus Pugin (1812–1852) first seen 1841 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture: Set Forth in Two Lectures delivered at St. Marie's, Oscott (1841), p. 1
“I am so anxious to introduce a sensible style of furniture of good oak and constructively put together that shall compete with the vile trash made and sold. These things are very simple and I am certain with a little patience can be made to pay.”
Augustus Pugin (1812–1852) first seen 1849 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Letter to John Crace (1849), quoted in Phoebe B. Stanton, 'Pugin: Principles of Design versus Revivalism', Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 13, No. 3 (October 1954), p. 24
“There is nothing worth living for but Christian Architecture and a boat.”
Augustus Pugin (1812–1852) first seen 1852 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Builder, Vol. X, No. 503 (25 September 1852), p. 605