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> [The tall building, concentrating man in one place more densely than ever before, similarly concentrates the dilemma of our public architecture at the end of the twentieth century: whether the new forms made possible by technology are doomed by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-tall-building-concentrating-man-in-one-place-more-densely-than/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

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> [Avant-garde architects have never been able to depend on the support of the establishment, since the customary patrons of this most conservative and slowly moving art form have historically been resistant to innovation and experiment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/avant-garde-architects-have-never-been-able-to-depend-on-the-support/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

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## Other authors on Patron

## More by Martin Filler

> [Elevated locations imply elevated purposes, even in American cities departing as radically as Los Angeles does from the traditional planning patterns of the Eastern…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/elevated-locations-imply-elevated-purposes-even-in-american-cities/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

> [Architecture is not a profession for the faint-hearted, the weak-willed, or the short-lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/architecture-is-not-a-profession-for-the-faint-hearted-the-weak/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

> [The danger for any artist whose work is both recognizable and critically acclaimed is complacent repetition - the temptation to churn out easily identifiable,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-danger-for-any-artist-whose-work-is-both-recognizable-and/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

> [Architectural kitsch is most common in the commercial pop vernacular - typified by the Big Duck of 1931 in Flanders, New York, a Long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/architectural-kitsch-is-most-common-in-the-commercial-pop-vernacular/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

> [The Frankfurt Museum of Decorative Arts is a handsome building, which takes its cues from the riverside Biedermeier villa next to it, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-frankfurt-museum-of-decorative-arts-is-a-handsome-building-which/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

> [The most basic task of any museum must be the protection of works of cultural significance entrusted to its care for the edification and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-most-basic-task-of-any-museum-must-be-the-protection-of-works-of/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

> [Postmodernism came nowhere close in quality to Modernism at its apogee, not least because that later style wholly lacked the social impetus that animated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/postmodernism-came-nowhere-close-in-quality-to-modernism-at-its/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

> [One reason I've never been a fan of graphic novels is because a central aspect of literature for me has always been imagining what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/one-reason-i-ve-never-been-a-fan-of-graphic-novels-is-because-a/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

> [The truth be told, the World Trade Center was neither a very good work of architecture nor a very successful piece of urbanism. Its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-truth-be-told-the-world-trade-center-was-neither-a-very-good-work/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

> [During the modern period, the vanguard architect has usually relied on small residential jobs both to supply a steady income and to serve as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/during-the-modern-period-the-vanguard-architect-has-usually-relied-on/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

> [We take from the art of the past what we need. The variable posthumous reputations of even the greatest artists and the unpredictable revivals…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/we-take-from-the-art-of-the-past-what-we-need-the-variable-posthumous/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

> [Masterpieces of art possess immense potential to advance a worldview that could help assuage the societal terrors posed by globalization, the most thoroughgoing socioeconomic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/masterpieces-of-art-possess-immense-potential-to-advance-a-worldview/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

> [The work that launched Snohetta into the architectural big leagues was their Oslo Opera House, which will certainly rank among the firm's highlights whatever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-work-that-launched-snohetta-into-the-architectural-big-leagues/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

> [There can be little question that the tall building presents one of the most difficult challenges to the architect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/there-can-be-little-question-that-the-tall-building-presents-one-of/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

> [The first half of the 1960s was the apogee of what might be termed the Age of Cool - as defined by that quality…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-filler/the-first-half-of-the-1960s-was-the-apogee-of-what-might-be-termed/)

[Martin Filler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-filler/)

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