Cass Gilbert Quotes
It is only the young and callow and ignorant that admire rashness. Think before you speak. Know your subject.
Christen, Barbara S., and Steven Flanders, editors. Cass Gilbert, Life and Work: Architect of the Public Domain. W. W. Norton & Company, 2001.
Cass Gilbert was a prominent American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers, his works include the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court building, the state capitols of Minnesota, Arkansas and West Virginia; and the Saint Louis Art Museum and Public Library. His public buildings in the Beaux Arts style reflect the optimistic American sense that the nation was heir to Greek democracy, Roman law and Renaissance humanism. Gilbert's achievements were recognized in his lifetime; he served as president of the American Institute of Architects in 1908–09.
