"Beauty is all very well at first sight but who ever looks at it when it has been in the house three days?"

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Insight & Reflection

This reflection on architecture by George Bernard Shaw resonates across generations. It highlights a fundamental truth about human nature: our continuous search for meaning in architecture is what ultimately defines our character and our path forward.

About George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. His influence on Western theatre, culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond. He wrote more than sixty plays, including major works such as Man and Superman (1902), Pygmalion (1913) and Saint Joan (1923). With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and was awarded the 1925 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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