Motherhood is heroism. It is God-given, and yet men treat women as though of similar common clay, when in fact they are… — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
Women have always been the world's burden bearers. Ever since history began the great burden of the world's faith, its belief in… — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
For many years I had been aware that women were not only most important creations in the universe, but the nearest approach… — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
Each succeeding civilization forgets its predecessor. Civilizations are ghouls. — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
Ten thousand years from now our civilization will have passed without leaving a trace. A new race of people will inhabit the earth. They… — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
Motherhood is heroism. It is God-given, and yet men treat women as though of similar common clay, when in fact they are but lower… — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
Beauty is like a soul that hovers over the surface of form. Its presence is unmistakable in art or in life. — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
Out of the west came Lincoln, and all that he had he gave to the preservation of the Union that had been bought so… — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
I am ready to rot in jail for the rest of my life rather than admit that my small-minded enemies are right. — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
Art in America should be American, drawn from American sources, memorializing American achievement. — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
Nothing in life is without cause and effect. Nothing is merely a shell. Everything has some motive. — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
You may go from the Battery to Harlem, and in our monuments and statues of public men you will see the slavish adherence to… — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
A monument's dimensions should be determined by the importance to civilization of the events commemorated. — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
The purpose of the memorial is to communicate the founding, expansion, preservation, and unification of the United States with colossal statues of Washington, Jefferson,… — Gutzon Borglum Copy Share Image
