'I like Burges's valour at making everything - it's a total work'

摘要

What I most admire in St Fin Barre's is its feeling. It's a wonderfully complete piece of work that makes just a lovely place, and that is the hardest thing to achieve. Somehow the 20th and 21st centuries have become very narrow-minded in terms of taste and, in comparison, it is fruity. But it's a total experience. This small cathedral communicates as a whole work, which is unusual. The question of whether it's beautiful or not evaporates.