Approach Quote by Ayn Rand

New York is vertical - all skyscrapers.

— Tony Scott

My favorite thing about New York is the view, the skyline.

— Jack Reynor

And then, build a bustling wonderful city of the 21st century, with a restoration of a spectacular skyline, which Manhattan, of course, needs. So,…

— Daniel Libeskind

The City of New York is like an enormous citadel, a modern Carcassonne. Walking between the magnificent skyscrapers one feels the presence on the…

— Henry Miller

[New York] is a city largely based on great skyscrapers, and they will always be the essence of New York. That won't change, just…

— Donald Trump

America has no monuments to ideas; her monuments are erected to individuals.

— Gutzon Borglum

“From the ruins, lonely and inexplicable as the sphinx, rose the Empire State Building. And just as it had been tradition of mine to…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

In New York, the buildings are like mountains in some ways, but they are only alive because of the people living in them. Real…

— Silas House

“That’s Manhattan today—all the money goes up top, while the infrastructure wastes away from neglect. The famous skyline is a cheap trick now, a…

— Andrew Vachss

New York has never learnt the art of growing old by playing on all its pasts. Its present invents itself, from hour to hour,…

— Michel de Certeau

“Ever since, New York has existed for me simultaneously as a map to be learned and a place to aspire too--a city of things…

— Adam Gopnik

New York being what it is, our museums are vertical, not horizontal. That means the stumbling blocks to architectural clarity are unavoidable - but…

— Jerry Saltz