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Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now.

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No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.

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A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.

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Pictures deface walls oftener than they decorate them.

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Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great ci...more

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New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a race for rent.

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Take nothing for granted as beautiful or ugly but take every building to pieces and challenge every feature. Learn to distinguish the curious from t...more

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Early in life I had to choose between arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.