Ah, bien je prétends que les courbes des quatre areêtes du monument, telles que le calcul les a fournies, donneront une grand… — Gustave Eiffel Copy Share Image
“Étant la plus saisissante manifestation de l'art des constructions métalliques par lesquelles nos ingénieurs se sont illustrés en Europe, elle est une des formes… — Gustave Eiffel Copy Share Image
Being the most striking manifestation of the art of metal structures by which our engineers have shown in Europe, it [the Eiffel Tower] is… — Gustave Eiffel Copy Share Image
The first principle of architectural beauty is that the essential lines of a construction be determined by a perfect appropriateness to its use. — Gustave Eiffel Copy Share Image
It seems to me that it had no other rationale than to show that we are not simply the country of entertainers, but also… — Gustave Eiffel Copy Share Image
Ah, bien je prétends que les courbes des quatre areêtes du monument, telles que le calcul les a fournies, donneront une grand impression de… — Gustave Eiffel Copy Share Image
There is an attraction and a charm inherent in the colossal that is not subject to ordinary theories of art ... The tower will… — Gustave Eiffel Copy Share Image
The fundamental idea of these pylons, or great archways, is based on a method of construction peculiar to me, of which the principle consists… — Gustave Eiffel Copy Share Image
Can one think that because we are engineers, beauty does not preoccupy us or that we do not try to build beautiful, as well… — Gustave Eiffel Copy Share Image
“I ought to be jealous of the tower. She is more famous than I am.” — Gustave Eiffel Copy Share Image
The French flag is the only one to have a staff a thousand feet tall. — Gustave Eiffel Copy Share Image
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