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Our modern architects are like parvenus who have come all at once into possession of a large fortune and do not know how to adjust their expenditure with that discretion which belongs only to accustomed opulence.
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
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I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.
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Born:
January 27, 1814
Died:
September 17, 1879
(aged 65)
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Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc was a French architect and theorist, famous for his interpretive "restorations" of medieval buildings. Born in Paris, he was a major Gothic Revival architect.
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