Cultural References To Samson - Architecture

Architecture

The famous Harland & Wolff cranes in Belfast are known as Samson and Goliath (cranes) respectively.

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Famous quotes containing the word architecture:

    “Defaced ruins of architecture and statuary, like the wrinkles of decrepitude of a once beautiful woman, only make one regret that one did not see them when they were enchanting.”
    —Horace Walpole (1717–1797)

    “Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man have a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider, and should be wise in season and not fetter himself with duties which will embitter his days and spoil him for his proper work.”
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    “No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.”
    —John Ruskin (1819–1900)