Quote#Wisdom
I am so anxious to introduce a sensible style of furniture of good…
Quote byAugustus Pugin · 1812–1852
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to John Crace (1849), quoted in Phoebe B. Stanton, 'Pugin: Principles of Design versus Revivalism', Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, Vol. 13, No. 3 (October 1954), p. 24.
English (original)
I am so anxious to introduce a sensible style of furniture of good oak and constructively put together that shall compete with the vile trash made and sold. These things are very simple and I am certain with a little patience can be made to pay.
— Augustus Pugin
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