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Cathedrals Quotes

Stone, sky, and spaces built for awe.

Being 'blown away' by a cathedral's construction, or comparing the open sky to 'the great blue dome' overhead, these lines treat cathedrals as a study in Art.

The British Isles are awash with the choice of beautiful historic churches, abbeys, and cathedrals where one king or another has tied the knot and bestowed a royal precedent.

Quotes by Tina Brown

The old cathedrals are good, but the great blue dome that hangs over everything is better.

Quotes by Thomas Carlyle

He who has seen one cathedral ten times has seen something; he who has seen ten cathedrals once has seen but little; and he who has spent half an hour in each of a hundred cathedrals has seen nothing at...

Quotes by Sinclair Lewis

Liturgy and worship were never meant to be confined to the cathedrals and sanctuaries. Liturgy at its best can be performed like a circus or theater - making the Gospel visible as a witness to the world around us.

Quotes by Shane Claiborne

Age Quotes

Most buildings, whether they're Gothic cathedrals or Romanesque ones, were high tech for their time.

Quotes by Richard Rogers

All the great works of art, the cathedrals - the Gothic cathedrals and the splendid Baroque churches - are a luminous sign of God, and thus are truly a manifestation, an epiphany of God.

Quotes by Pope Benedict XVI

National parks are cathedrals of spirituality and emotion, and unfortunately, they are being loved to death by many of the same people who enjoy them the most.

Quotes by Michael Frome

I went and looked at one of these great cathedrals one day, and I was blown away by it. From there I became interested in how cathedrals were built, and from there I became interested in the society that built...

Quotes by Ken Follett

One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.

Quotes by John Muir

America Quotes

These old ballparks are like cathedrals in America. We don't have big old Gothic cathedrals like they do in Europe. But we got baseball parks.

Quotes by Jimmy Buffett

Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination.

Quotes by Janet Frame

Back in the 1500s, the culture that we had built in the West embraced multigenerational projects quite easily. Notre Dame. Massive cathedrals were not built over the course of a few years, they were built over a few generations. People...

Quotes by Jamais Cascio

All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the Christian world.

Quotes by F. Sionil Jose

Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria.

Quotes by David Lodge

Frequently Asked Questions

What themes come up in these cathedral quotes?
Awe at how cathedrals were physically built, admiration for the churches and abbeys of the British Isles, and a recurring comparison between cathedrals and open sky or nature. It's as much about wonder as it is about architecture.
Why do people search for cathedral quotes?
Cathedrals tend to symbolize grandeur, history, and spiritual weight, so people reach for these quotes when writing about awe-inspiring places or comparing something else, like a national park, to that same sense of reverence. See Art quotes for related craftsmanship themes.
One quote calls national parks 'cathedrals of spirituality,' is this collection about actual buildings or a broader metaphor?
Both. Most entries describe literal cathedrals, but the collection also includes this metaphor, where natural landscapes get cathedral-level reverence, showing the word has outgrown its architectural meaning for some writers.
Do any quotes touch on the history behind cathedrals?
Yes, one line notes how British abbeys and cathedrals have hosted royal weddings for generations, tying the buildings to centuries of tradition rather than just their appearance. It's grounded, factual admiration rather than vague praise.
What's the common feeling across these quotes?
Being 'blown away,' in one writer's words, cathedrals here consistently provoke a reaction bigger than the buildings themselves, whether that's curiosity about how they were built or comparing them to the sky above, tied loosely to Age-old wonder.

British abbeys steeped in royal history and American national parks both get called cathedrals here, proof the word travels well beyond Age-old stone.