--- title: "8 Office Building Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 8 Office Building quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Office Building sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/caroline-hanson-26753_a-perfect-world_zackary-connor-s-office-building-was-mad_370948.jpg" --- > [“Zackary Connor's office building was made of glass, endless windows giving the impression of being outside. It was exactly how I liked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/caroline-hanson/zackary-connor-s-office-building-was-made-of-glass-endless-windows/) [Caroline Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/caroline-hanson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b04/caroline-hanson-26753_a-perfect-world_zackary-connor-s-office-building-was-mad_370948.jpg) > [My office is in a building in midtown Chicago. It's an older building, and not in the best of shape, especially since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-butcher/my-office-is-in-a-building-in-midtown-chicago-it-s-an-older-building/) [Jim Butcher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-butcher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/38a/jim-butcher-151_building_my-office-is-in-a-building-in-midtown-ch_1168637.png) > [The problem of the tall office building is one of the most stupendous, one of the most magnificent opportunities that the Lord…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-sullivan/the-problem-of-the-tall-office-building-is-one-of-the-most-stupendous/) [Louis Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-sullivan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61c/louis-sullivan-21857_building_the-problem-of-the-tall-office-building_1661820.jpg) > [Death is a new office building filled with modern furniture, A wise thing, but which has no purpose for us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ashbery/death-is-a-new-office-building-filled-with-modern-furniture-a-wise/) [John Ashbery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ashbery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/john-ashbery-3600_building_death-is-a-new-office-building-filled-wi_1729295.png) > [“The building is a ginormous 175-story office building that juts into the sky like a glass and steel erection.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-shaffer/the-building-is-a-ginormous-175-story-office-building-that-juts-into/) [Andrew Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-shaffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f11/andrew-shaffer-9890_engineering_the-building-is-a-ginormous-175-story-of_1977320.jpg) > [The tall modern office building is the machine pure and simple...the engine, the motor and the battleship the works of the century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/the-tall-modern-office-building-is-the-machine-pure-and-simple-the/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c41/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_building_the-tall-modern-office-building-is-the-m_2482050.jpg) > [“I arrive at the Gray Holdings headquarters in downtown Seattle two hours later. The building is a ginormous 175-story office building that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-shaffer/i-arrive-at-the-gray-holdings-headquarters-in-downtown-seattle-two/) [Andrew Shaffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-shaffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4f/andrew-shaffer-9890_engineering_i-arrive-at-the-gray-holdings-headquarte_2492529.jpg) > [The office building is a building for work, organization, lucidity and economy. Light, spacious working rooms, clearly arranged, undivided, only organized according…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe/the-office-building-is-a-building-for-work-organization-lucidity-and/) [Ludwig Mies van der Rohe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/927/ludwig-mies-van-der-rohe-7536_building_the-office-building-is-a-building-for-wo_2555730.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/office-building/#itemlist", "name": "Office Building Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Zackary Connor's office building was made of glass, endless windows giving the impression of being outside. 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