Ralph Adams Cram

“The first thing that an architect must do is to be a good builder.”

“Gothic is not a style, it is a crusade.”

“Modernism, in its essence, is the logical and necessary result of the denial of the reality of the spiritual order.”

“The development of the individual can be achieved only in and through the organic life of the community.”

“The day of the multitude is passing; the day of the remnant is at hand.”

“Art has always been the index of the spiritual and moral status of a people.”

“Every great style of art is the product of a great and unified spiritual impulse.”

“Unless we can recover the sacramental view of life, we have lost the chief value of life.”

“Beauty is one of the channels through which the Grace of God enters the soul.”

“Architecture is the printing press of all ages, and gives a history of the state of the society in which it was erected.”

“The Church should be the leader in the restoration of beauty to its old place in the scheme of life.”