Cement Quote by Canvass White

In fashion even what seems most fragile must be built on cement.

— Charles James

To every bushel of the powdered cement add one bushel of sand, mix them together and pass them through a sieve, then add a…

— Canvass White

We're stuck in the concrete age. Concrete has really become this ever-present material that's almost impossible to get away from. It's cheap, abundant, and…

— Magnus Larsson

The sand should be neither coarse nor fine but of a middling quality or about the size of the common pop(p)y seed. If the…

— Canvass White

Each material has its specific characteristics which we must understand if we want to use it. This is no less true of steel and…

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

It is too expensive to have a bricks and mortar presence everywhere.

— Arundhati Bhattacharya

Everything is complicated about using concrete - the discipline and dedication necessary to make consistent batches, understanding exactly how the formwork will be laid,…

— Annabelle Selldorf

Bricks will be most serviceable if made two years before using; for they cannot dry thoroughly in less time. When fresh undried bricks are…

— Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

A man who builds his own pedestal had better use strong cement.

— Anna Quindlen

What's nice about concrete is that it looks unfinished.

— Zaha Hadid

A man's own addition to what he learns is cement to bind an otherwise loose heap of stones into a structure of unity, strength,…

— George Iles

Of course I'd like to get beyond the concrete. But it's really difficult. Very difficult.

— Krzysztof Kieslowski