As a kid growing up in a small town in Washington State, my only exposure to New York City was through movies.… — Robert Osborne Copy Share Image
The skyscraper and the twentieth century are synonymous; the tall building is the landmark of our age. ... Shaper of cities and… — Ada Louise Huxtable Copy Share Image
A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not merely its… — George Gershwin Copy Share Image
New York means so much to people. If you're inclined to leave the nest, New York is where most people think they… — Griffin Dunne Copy Share Image
After twenty annual visits, I am still surprised each time I return to see this giant asparagus bed of alabaster and rose… — Cecil Beaton Copy Share Image
In the time between the two wars, a British colonial officer said that with the invention of the airplane the world has… — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share Image
Nick Yablon ranges widely, from log cabins to skyscrapers and from Tocqueville to pulp fiction. He combines imaginative research with probing interpretation.… — T. J. Jackson Lears Copy Share Image
To save energy, New York City is now dimming the lights of the skyscrapers and the skyline at night. There's a bad… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
The skyscraper style first advocated by Louis Sullivan - a tower of strongly vertical character with clear definitions among base, shaft, and… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
There are some plain common-sense considerations applicable to all these attempts at world planning. They can be briefly stated: 1. To talk… — Norman Thomas Copy Share Image
The city itself swung slowly toward us silent as a dream. No sign of life but puffs of steam from skyscraper chimneys,… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
The bias among architecture critics isn't against skyscrapers per se, but against the way in which their design is so heavily dictated… — Paul Goldberger Copy Share Image
“A man in the skyscraper needs to feed a pigeon from his window to remember what great thing missing in his life:… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
To me, the difference between New York and London is that things are boring and staid in London. But even the sh-tty… — Theo James Copy Share Image
Everything that's born has to die, which means our lives are like skyscrapers. The smoke rises at different speeds, but they're all… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
Skies are crying, I am watching, Catching teardrops in my hands. Only silence, as it's ending, Like we never had a chance.… — Demi Lovato Copy Share Image
Centralization of society's vital services in giant computer centers, reservoirs, nuclear power plants, air- traffic control centers, 100-story skyscrapers, and government compounds… — Anatol Rapoport Copy Share Image
Poetry is only secondarily about words. Primarily, it is about truth. I dealt with the Ding an Sich, the substance behind the… — Dan Simmons Copy Share Image
Art deals with profound and simple moods. Let us suppose that the artist - in this instance (the artist) Picabia - gets… — Filippo Tommaso Marinetti Copy Share Image
In any city with lots of skyscrapers, lots of skyline, the moon seems bigger than it is. It's called the moon illusion. — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
I live in the Village right near NYU, which is taking over most of the Village. I've lived there for most of… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
The people are starving. They need food; they need medicine; they need education. They do not need a skyscraper to house the… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
As people flock to urban centers where ground space is limited, cities with green walls and roofs and skyscraper farms offer improved… — Diane Ackerman Copy Share Image
To me, you can't have style without being inspired. When I design a collection, I am inspired by so many things. The… — Isaac Mizrahi Copy Share Image
