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"All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable."
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"If you want to know the value of half a second, ask the person who came second in a sprint event at the Olympics."

"If you want to know the value of a week ask the editor of a weekly magazine if he fails to meet up with the target of his weekly publication."

"Gold may shine, but it has no true light."

"Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies, you will not find another."

"People who do not have a price tag attached to them are priceless."

"Even the most beautiful girl in the world becomes unsightly without depth of character."

"The difference between working for a salary and working for your promise land is that when you work for a salary, you are exchanging your life just for some porridge, some little compensation in the form of salary."
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"A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it."

"Get the habit of analysis - analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your habit of mind."

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

"A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward."

"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 city left in the world."

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

"The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings."

"Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change."
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