Edwin Lutyens

“There will never be great architects or great architecture without great patrons.”

“The first principle of architecture is to get the weather out.”

“No man can be a great architect who does not know the value of a brick.”

“The art of architecture is the art of proportion.”

“An architect's duty is to put a face on the social body.”

“A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.”

“We are not what we are, nor do we treat or esteem each other for such, but for what we are capable of being.”

“Where there is a will there is a way. And where there is no will there are a thousand ways.”

“Architecture is the very mirror of life. You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are the reflection of society.”