Place In Time > Preservation Quotes > Victor Hugo Preservation Quote
French novelist Victor Hugo wrote in an 1832 note to the definitive edition of
Notre-Dame De Paris: "But, in any case, whatever may be the future of architecture, in whatever manner our young architects may one day solve the question of their art, let us, while waiting for new monument, preserve the ancient monuments. Let us, if possible, inspire the nation with a love for national architecture. That, the author declares, is one of the principal aims of this book; it is one of the principal aims of his life."
