If I
were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I
should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the
house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to
dream in peace.
-- Gaston Bachelard
1884-1962, French
Scientist, Philosopher, Literary Theorist
Houses
are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore
let use be preferred before uniformity.
-- Francis Bacon
1561-1626, British
Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman
People's backyards are much more interesting than
their front gardens, and houses that back on to
railways are public benefactors.
-- John Betjeman
1906-1984, British
Poet
Be
grateful for the home you have, knowing that at this
moment, all you have is all you need.
-- Sarah Ban
Breathnach
American Author
