Architecture has its origin in the material needs of mankind, and these, must necessarily control its development. It has furthermore to deal with the stern laws of gravitation and of the strength of materials, to whose behests all its manifestations must be subordinated. In these aspects, then, it is purely utilitarian, and if it stops here, is not an art, but a science or a trade; it is mere building or engineering.

- The Battle of the Styles: Part I, Architectural Record, Vol. I, No. 3, Jan-Mar 1892, pp. 265-275. A.D.F. Hamlin