Quote of Oscar Wilde - If Nature had been comfortable, mankind...
Biography - Oscar Wilde:
Irish playwright, novelist, essayist and poet.
Born: 1854 - Died: 1900
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Born: 1854 - Died: 1900
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture.
Translation
(German, French)
See also...
Quotes about nature:
Quotes about architecture:
Architecture is the great book of humanity, the principal expression of man in his different stages of development, either as a force or as an intelligence.
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.
Oscar Wilde also said...
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