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

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

Cass Gilbert

#Land Quotes #Machines Quotes #Pay Quotes

“Fiction becomes a weird way to countenance yourself and to tell the truth instead of being a way to escape yourself or present yourself in a way you figure you will be maximally likable.”
“I love being part of the team.”
“You can train your mental strength just like you train your body. If your body looks fit or ripped, it looks strong, and you can flex your muscles. So, physically, you have a certain strength. Mentally, it's the same thing. You can train your psychological strength.”
“I would be married, but I'd have no wife, I would be married to a single life.”
“I don't know if I could kill someone with a frozen turkey because that is a lot of evidence to eat .... unless I found a whole room of people who also wanted that person dead.”
“I think literature is best when it's voicing what we would prefer not to talk about.”
“Connoisseurs think the art is already done.”

Source : John Constable (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of John Constable (Illustrated)”, p.561, Delphi Classics
“Life was messy. Always had been and always would be and that was just the way it was, so why bother complaining? You either did something about it or you didnâ€™t, and then you lived with the choice you made.”

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