Not that all architectural ornament is to be neglected even in the rudest periods； but let our houses first be lined with beauty， where they come in contact with our lives， like the tenement of the shellfish， and not overlaid with it.
Not that all architectural ornament is to be neglected even in the rudest periods； but let our houses first be lined with beauty， where they come in contact with our lives， like the tenement of the shellfish， and not overlaid with it.
这倒不是说一切建筑的装饰甚至可以在最初的阶段里完全忽略掉；而是说可以把我们房屋里和我们生活有联系的部分搞得美一点，就像贝壳的内壁那样，但千万不能搞得过分的美。