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Although there are countless tangents that a career in the building arts can take, it is nonetheless most unusual for a major architectural practice to emerge once a firm's principals are well into what is loosely called middle age.

Quotes by Martin Filler

During the nineteenth century, the rapid emergence and proliferation of new manufacturing methods and building technologies led to the establishment of polytechnic schools that concentrated on the practicalities of engineering and construction rather than the niceties of stylistic correctness or...

Quotes by Martin Filler

A turning point in the public's perception of the building art came with the publication of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'An Autobiography' of 1932, a picaresque narrative that captivated many who hadn't the slightest inkling of what architects actually did.

Quotes by Martin Filler

One of the most persistent yet elusive dreams of the Modern Movement in architecture has been prefabrication: industrially made structures that can be assembled at a building site.

Quotes by Martin Filler

The financial benefits of prefabrication have never been as large as its advocates predicted, for although some labor costs can be reduced by machine manufacturing, on-site assembly of any building still depends to some extent on the handwork of skilled...

Quotes by Martin Filler

The magnificent lobby of the Chrysler Building - faced with rare marbles, aglitter with decorative metalwork, and surmounted by a ceiling painted with a totemic image of the tower itself - leads to elevator cabs inlaid with exotic woods in...

Quotes by Martin Filler

The Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio comes from afar. Our land has a millennial history of emigrations: master masons, architects, builders, decorators, plasterers, artists from the world of building.

Quotes by Mario Botta

It was very useful to learn the history, the theory, and the art of building from a practical background.

Quotes by Mario Botta

Building businesses takes tremendous stamina, and success isn't achieved without it.

Quotes by Margaret Heffernan

Usually, the energy in elevators is so awkward; I mean, I can't imagine the politics in the ones in the Conde Nast building.

Quotes by Marco Brambilla

I think architects design outside in. Or they design basically outside. They don't get in the building anymore.

Quotes by Marcel Wanders

There's been enough building of fences with labels trying to categorize artists, limiting artists' ability to be themselves.

Quotes by Mannie Fresh

The core issue here is that the Israeli government refuses to commit to terms of reference for the negotiations that are based on international law and United Nations resolutions, and that it frantically continues to intensify building of settlements on...

Quotes by Mahmoud Abbas

One of the most obvious reasons to start using timber rather than concrete is that it's the one commonly grown and therefore exceptionally renewable building material that we have available to us. And it acts as storage for carbon dioxide.

Quotes by Magnus Larsson

Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.

Quotes by Madeleine Albright

If we are serious about providing upward mobility and building a skilled workforce, pre-school is the place to begin.

Quotes by Madeleine M. Kunin

Neoconservatism had the philosophy that you go in with a supply-led approach to impose democratic values from the top down. Whereas Islamists and far-right organizations, for decades, have been building demand for their ideology on the grassroots.

Quotes by Maajid Nawaz

I avoid my neighbors - luckily, my building has two exits.

Quotes by Lynn Samuels

It was exciting putting hundreds of millions of dollars to work buying and building wind farms in Texas.

Quotes by Lynn Good

The way we grow is, we make investments. We've been building a natural-gas platform within Duke that started with the pipelines.

Quotes by Lynn Good

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Is there a quote about building culture in a classroom versus an organization?
Yes: "The teachers are trying to build the same culture in the classroom as we're building in the organization." Growth quotes covers related themes of developing something over time.
Is there a real political quote about settlements and Israel?
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Is there a quote about working hard to build companies?
Yes: "I busted my butt all my life building companies." Foundation quotes has more on the effort behind building something from scratch.
Is there a short quote preferring building over managing?
Yes: "I enjoy building more than managing." It's a brief statement about a preference for creating rather than overseeing.
Where can I find more quotes about progress or structure?
Try Progress quotes or Structure quotes for related themes.

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