Arches Quote by Eero Saarinen

Egyptian pyramids or obelisks – seemed to be the basis of the great memorials that have kept their significance and dignity across time. Neither…

— Eero Saarinen

I think of a monument as being symbolic and for the people and therefore rhetorical, not honest, not personal.

— Claes Oldenburg

An excellent monument might be erected to the Unknown Stockholder. It might take the form of a solid stone ark of faith apparently floating…

— Felix Riesenberg

An idea is a greater monument than a cathedral.

— Clarence Darrow

This monument is going to be built as a symbol.

— Bill Russell

“landmarks were “a little shabby.” Half the gilding was gone from the dome of Les Invalides, where Napoleon was buried. The same was true…

— David McCullough

Personally, one of the greatest sources of inspiration for my work has been architecture. I've had the chance to see so many exquisite structures,…

— Gauri Khan

Architects mostly work for privileged people, people who have money and power, Power and money are invisible, so people hire us to visualize their…

— Shigeru Ban

There is a reason we used to build Cathedrals that drew the eye upwards.

— Michael Gungor

Structure builds minds into great Monuments.

— Robert M. Hensel

“A plaque just outside remembers June 30, 1944. That night, Nazi forces were planning to blow up the arch to slow the Allied advance.…

— Rick Steves

I would like to have . . . architecture that belonged where you see it standingand is a grace to the landscape instead of…

— Uknown