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Construction Quotes by Gustave Eiffel
- The fundamental idea of these pylons, or great archways, is based on a method of construction peculiar to me, of which the principle consists in…
- The first principle of architectural beauty is that the essential lines of a construction be determined by a perfect appropriateness to its use.
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- All these constructions and the laws connecting them can be arrived at by the principle of looking for the mathematically simplest concepts… — Albert Einstein
- It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the… — David Allan Coe
- All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture,… — Tadao Ando
- Mathematics as an expression of the human mind reflects the active will, the contemplative reason, and the desire for aesthetic perfection. Its… — Richard Courant
- From all we have learnt about the structure of living matter, we must be prepared to find it working in a manner… — Erwin Schrodinger
- Most loss of life and property has been due to the collapse of antiquated and unsafe structures, mostly of brick and other… — Charles Francis Richter
- Exact science and its practical movements are no checks on the greatest poet, but always his encouragement and support ... The sailor… — Walt Whitman
- In the construction of Immortal Fame you need first of all a cosmic shamelessness. — Umberto Eco