A
monstrous carbuncle on the face of a much-loved and elegant
friend.
Prince Charles
On proposed extension to National Gallery,
May 1984 |
All
the time I feel I must justify my existence.
Prince Charles |
At
the moment it looks as though London seems to be turning into
an absurdist picnic table - we already have a giant gherkin,
now it looks as if we are going to have an enormous salt cellar.
Prince Charles
On design for Renzo Piano's 1000ft "Shard
of Glass" London Bridge Tower, Speech, 2003 |
Conservation
must come before recreation.
Prince Charles |
Do
you seriously expect me to be the first Prince of Wales in history
not to have a mistress?
Prince Charles
Quoted in The Daily Mail, 1994 |
I
just come and talk to the plants, really-very important to talk
to them, they respond I find.
Prince Charles |
I
know that my ideas are sometimes portrayed as old-fashioned.
Well, they may be. But what I am concerned about are the things
that are timeless regardless of the age that we live in. Also
I have been around long enough to see what were at the time
thought of as old-fashioned ideas now come into vogue.
Prince Charles
Speech, November 2004 |
If
English is spoken in heaven ... God undoubtedly employs Cranmer
as his speechwriter. The angels of the lesser ministries probably
use the language of the New English Bible and the Alternative
Service Book for internal memos.
Prince Charles
Remark when judging a reading competition |
Science
has tried to assume a monopoly - or, rather, a tyranny - over
our understanding of the world around us
We are only
now beginning to under the disastrous results of this outlook.
Prince Charles
Speech titled 'Sacred in the Modern World',
July 1996 |
Surely
the time has come to escape from an almost adolescent obsession
with being "modern" - the product, perhaps, of a 20th
century "teenage crisis"? - and, instead, to be more
concerned about being "human"!
Prince Charles
Speech on 'Local Identity in a Fast-Track
Age', November 2004 |