Respondió:
“La gente de aquellos tiempos tenía convicciones; Nosotros los modernos sólo tenemos opiniones. Y se necesita algo más que una simple opinión para erigir una catedral gótica”.
La catedral de Colonia tardó 632 años en completarse.
German poet Heinrich Heine was once asked why men no longer build cathedrals. He replied:
“People in those old times had convictions; we moderns only have opinions. And it needs more than a mere opinion to erect a Gothic cathedral.”
Cologne Cathedral took 632 years to complete.… pic.twitter.com/2UzXLbDvEc
— Culture Critic (@Culture_Crit) October 16, 2023