Cass Gilbert quotes
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“To become an Architect in the right sense of the word means that a man shall give his life to it and nothing else, and shall study the work he has to do with enthusiastic interest in every detail pertaining to it, and content himself with nothing less than complete success.”
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“It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your subject.”
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“Humble birth did not ***** his genius, nor high place corrupt his soul.”
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“Beware of over-confidence; especially in matters of structure.”
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“I am learning to live, and to see beauty in everything.”
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“I loved the excitement and the pleasures of life in New York, the opportunities for advancement, the pursuit of ambition, the theaters, the places of amusement, and such nights as the last I spent with you just as I was leaving for the West.”
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“The Capitol is the best work I have ever done, or shall ever do, and I am glad to have Given it to St. Paul.”
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“A skyscraper is a machine that makes the land pay.”
-- Cass GilbertSource : Sharon Irish, Cass Gilbert (1999). “Cass Gilbert, architect: modern traditionalist”, The Monacelli Press
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“Humble birth did not retard his genius, nor high place corrupt his soul.”
-- Cass Gilbert
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“Forget yourself and live for others, for It is more blessed to give than to receive.”
Source : Thomas Chalmers (1848). “Select Works of Thomas Chalmers ...: Comprising His Miscellanies; Lectures on Romans; Astronomical, Commercial and Congregational Discourses”, p.153
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“I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.”
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Source : "The Essays of A. J. Muste (Pacifism and Class War)". Book edited by Nat Hentoff, 1967.
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Source : "The Trouble Makers: Dissent over Foreign Policy, 1792-1939". Book by A. J. P. Taylor, "The Radical Tradition: Fox, Paine, and Cobbett", p. 14, 1957.
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