“The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain ...” — Stephen Gardiner Quote

“The Japanese put houses in among the trees and allowed nature to gain the ascendancy in any composition.”

“The frame of the cave leads to the frame of man.”

“The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.”

“Since Ronald Reagan's election in 1980, conservatives of various sorts, and conservatisms of various stripes, have generally been in the ascendancy. And a good thing, too! Conservatives have been right more often than not - and more often than liberals - about most of the important issues of the day.”

“There was such a sense of relief on the left when New Labour came to power that certain orthodoxies could not be challenged. People became desperate to hang on to the ascendancy of left ideas without really questioning what they were about.”