Architecture aims at Eternity.

— Christopher Wren

A time will come when men will stretch out their eyes. They should see planets like our Earth.

— Christopher Wren

In things to be seen at once, much variety makes confusion, another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once, and have no respect one to another, great variety is commendable, provided this variety transgress not the rules of optics and geometry.

— Christopher Wren

The secret of architectural excellence is to translate the proportions of a dachshund into bricks, mortar and marble.

— Christopher Wren