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Architecture is, like music, a metaphysical art; it deals with the abstract qualities of proportion, balance of form, and direction of line, but without any imitation of the concrete facts of nature.

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The comparison between architecture and music is an exercise of the fancy which has often been pushed too far.

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Architecture... is the art of erecting expressive and beautiful buildings.

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Architecture, although a form of artistic expression, is not, like painting and sculpture, unfettered by practical considerations; it is an art inextricably bound up with structural conditions and practical requirements.

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Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment; cares I knew not, and cared naught about them. I purchased excellent and beautiful horses, visited all such neighbors as I found congenial spirits, and was as happy as happy could be.
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Henry Heathcote Statham

Henry Heathcote Statham

Born: 1839
Died: 1924 (aged 85)
Bio: Henry Heathcote Statham was an English architect, architectural journalist and editor, and music critic.
Known for:
  1. Architecture Among the Poets (1898)
  2. A Short Critical History of Architecture (1912)
  3. Organ and Its Position in Mus. Art

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