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> [The major concern ...was to create a monument which would have lasting significance and would be a landmark of our time... Neither an obelisk nor a rectangular box nor a dome seemed right on this site or for this purpose.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eero-saarinen/the-major-concern-was-to-create-a-monument-which-would-have-lasting/)

[Eero Saarinen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eero-saarinen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/eero-saarinen-44852_arches_the-major-concern-was-to-create-a-monume_1991998.jpg)

> [Egyptian pyramids or obelisks – seemed to be the basis of the great memorials that have kept their significance and dignity across time. Neither an obelisk nor a rectangular box nor a dome seemed right on this site or for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eero-saarinen/egyptian-pyramids-or-obelisks-seemed-to-be-the-basis-of-the-great/)

[Eero Saarinen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eero-saarinen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/eero-saarinen-44852_arches_egyptian-pyramids-or-obelisks-seemed-to_2626866.jpg)

## Other authors on Arches

## More by Eero Saarinen

> [The purpose of architecture is to shelter and enhance man’s life on earth and to fulfill his belief in the nobility of his existence,](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eero-saarinen/the-purpose-of-architecture-is-to-shelter-and-enhance-man-s-life-on/)

[Eero Saarinen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eero-saarinen/)

> [I wanted to clear up the slum of legs… I wanted to make the chair all one thing again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eero-saarinen/i-wanted-to-clear-up-the-slum-of-legs-i-wanted-to-make-the-chair-all/)

[Eero Saarinen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eero-saarinen/)

> [The major concern ...was to create a monument which would have lasting significance and would be a landmark of our time... Neither an obelisk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eero-saarinen/the-major-concern-was-to-create-a-monument-which-would-have-lasting/)

[Eero Saarinen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eero-saarinen/)

> [I have come to the conviction that once one embarks on a concept for a building, this concept has to be exaggerated and overstated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eero-saarinen/i-have-come-to-the-conviction-that-once-one-embarks-on-a-concept-for/)

[Eero Saarinen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eero-saarinen/)

> [Confusion comes from trying to amalgamate several conflicting ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eero-saarinen/confusion-comes-from-trying-to-amalgamate-several-conflicting-ideas/)

[Eero Saarinen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eero-saarinen/)

> [Egyptian pyramids or obelisks – seemed to be the basis of the great memorials that have kept their significance and dignity across time. Neither…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eero-saarinen/egyptian-pyramids-or-obelisks-seemed-to-be-the-basis-of-the-great/)

[Eero Saarinen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eero-saarinen/)

> [Function influence but does not dictate form](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eero-saarinen/function-influence-but-does-not-dictate-form/)

[Eero Saarinen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eero-saarinen/)

> [What you newspaper and magazine writers, who work in rabbit time, don't understand is that the practice of architecture has to be measured in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eero-saarinen/what-you-newspaper-and-magazine-writers-who-work-in-rabbit-time-don-t/)

[Eero Saarinen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eero-saarinen/)

> [To me the drawn language is a very revealing language: one can see in a few lines whether a man is really an architect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eero-saarinen/to-me-the-drawn-language-is-a-very-revealing-language-one-can-see-in/)

[Eero Saarinen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eero-saarinen/)

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