Quote of Victor Hugo - Thus, down to the time of...
Biography - Victor Hugo:
French writer, poet and dramatist.
Born: 1802 - Died: 1885
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1802 - Died: 1885
Period:
19th century
Place of birth: France
Thus, down to the time of Gutenberg, architecture is the principal writing, the universal writing.
Translation
(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about architecture:
Architecture has recorded the great ideas of the human race. Not only every religious symbol, but every human thought has its page in that vast book.
The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.
Quotes for: writing
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.
It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.
For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.
I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.
Victor Hugo also said...
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