“The greatest poem is not that which is most skillfully constructed, but that in which there is the most poetry.” Quote by Leopold Schefer
“You see for me, America is an idea. It is a stage for transformation. I felt when I came to Iowa City from Calcutta that suddenly I could be a new person . . . What America offers me is romanticism and hope . . . Suddenly, I found myself in a country where” PersonsIdeasCountryAmericaFoundFeltCitiesStageOffersTransformationRomanticismIowaCalcutta Author:Bharati Mukherjee
“The voice of America has no undertones or overtones in it. It repeats its optimistic catchwords in a tireless monologue that has the slightly metallic sound of a gramophone.” AmericaSoundVoiceOptimisticRepeatsMonologuesMetallic Author:Vance Palmer
“The truth is that literature, particularly fiction, is not the pure medium we sometimes assume it to be. Response to it is affected by things other than its own intrinsic quality; by a curiosity or lack of it about the people it deals with, their outlook, their way of life.” PeopleWayBookSometimesLiteratureDealsFictionQualityTruth IsPureAssumingResponseCuriosityMediumsAffectedOutlook Author:Vance Palmer
“It is the business of thought to define things, to find the boundaries; thought, indeed, is a ceaseless process of definition. It is the business of Art to give things shape. Anyone who takes no delight in the firm outline of an object, or in its essential character, has no artistic sense. He cannot even be nourished by Art. Like Ephraim, he feeds upon the East wind, which has no boundaries.” GivingArtCharacterProcessObjectsWindShapesEssentialsPerceptionDefinitionsDelightEastBoundariesArtisticFirmOutlinesNo Boundaries Author:Vance Palmer
“A bold architectural statement turns a public building into a landmark, but it is in the details where the architect becomes the real storyteller.” RealTurnsBuildingDetailsArchitectureStatementsArchitectStorytellerLandmarks Author:Curtis W. Fentress
“People actually ask me why I bring in projects on budget and on time. It seems I am not living up to the fashionable genius role. I really enjoy when a project gets down to the wire, and through sheer force of will and faith in our process, we cross the goal line, when most people thought it impossible.” PeopleSeemsAsksForceProcessEnjoyGoalLinesRolesImpossibleGeniusProjectsCrossesArchitectureAsk MeBudgetsSheerWireFashionableForce Of Will Author:Curtis W. Fentress
“There are many satisfactions in public architecture but one of the greatest is the moment when you unveil a project and suddenly a group of adults” MomentsGroupsProjectsAdultsSatisfactionArchitecture Author:Curtis W. Fentress
“Some architects have a preconceived notion of what a building should be” ShouldBuildingNotionArchitectureArchitectPreconceived Notions Author:Curtis W. Fentress
“It takes a great client to create great architecture.” ArchitectureClients Author:Curtis W. Fentress
“While I know that the beautiful, the spiritual and the sublime are suspect today, I have begun to stop resisting the constant urge to deny that beauty has a valid right to exist in contemporary art.” KnowsArtTodayBeautifulSpiritualConstantDenyContemporaryUrgesSuspectsSublimeResistingContemporary Art Author:Ian Hornak