Cass Gilbert Quotes

• A skyscraper is a machine that makes the land pay.

  Cass Gilbert

  Land, Machines, Pay

  Sharon Irish, Cass Gilbert (1999). “Cass Gilbert, architect: modern traditionalist”, The Monacelli Press

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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.

  Cass Gilbert

  Mean, Men, Giving

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• Beware of over-confidence; especially in matters of structure.

  Cass Gilbert

  Matter, Structure, Over Confidence

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• Humble birth did not retard his genius, nor high place corrupt his soul.

  Cass Gilbert

  Humble, Soul, Genius

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• It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your subject.

  Cass Gilbert

  Thinking, Ignorant, Speak

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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.

  Cass Gilbert

  Done, Given, Best Work

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• I am learning to live, and to see beauty in everything.

  Cass Gilbert

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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.

  Cass Gilbert

  New York, Ambition, Opportunity

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