Monumental Structure Quotes

[Describing the White House:] Big enough for two emperors, one Pope and the Grand Lama.

I like Mysuru Palace, which is always a great place to visit.

There's a kind of beauty to a skyscraper.

There was only the broad square with the scattered dim moons of the street lamps and with the monumental stone arch which receded into the mist as though it would prop up the melancholy sky and protect beneath itself the faint lonely flame on the tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which looked like the last grave of mankind in the midst of night and loneliness.

I was impressed by the Taj Mahal. A good bit of work, well looked after, worth paying money to see.

Once we decided to do a tower in New York, it had to say something about our group, reflecting the mix of modernity and creativity in our organization. It's a symbol.

Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.

From the heights of these pyramids, forty centuries look down on us.

My father was always anxious to give pleasure to his children. Accordingly, he took me one day, as a special treat, to the top of the grand old tower, to see the chimes played.

To me, it's the White House and always will be.

I'm not a religious person. But, when I look at a beautiful cathedral, what brings awe, what induces awe is the idea that architecture, you know, a beautiful cathedral, a beautiful building.

The work that launched Snohetta into the architectural big leagues was their Oslo Opera House, which will certainly rank among the firm's highlights whatever else they may do. Although this is by any measure a triumph of city planning, the building itself is not quite a masterpiece, though very fine indeed.

The church of St. Peter at Berlin, notwithstanding the total difference between them in the style of building, appears in some respects to have a great resemblance to St. Paul's in London.

I kind of wish I would have been able to see the old Yankee Stadium after seeing the new one.

Among these temples there is one which far surpasses all the rest, whose grandeur of architectural details no human tongue is able to describe; for within its precincts, surrounded by a lofty wall, there is room enough for a town of five hundred families.

Anon out of the earth a fabric huge Rose, like an exhalation.

The White House is the finest prison in the world.

Not far from our house, and opposite the old church with the golden cross, stood a large building, even larger than the church, and having many towers.

Mount Rushmore is eternal. It will stand until the end of time.

'Clothespin' was the first city monument on a large scale that could compete with the architecture around it.

I don’t care how many laws you have to break. I want the Guggenheim [Museum] built.

The Tower of David is important for Israel's heritage and existence because it is more than a tower, it is a symbol. It is more important than the Azrieli Towers.

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.

The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time.

An important work of architecture will create polemics.