Civilization Quote by Gutzon Borglum

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

— Claes Oldenburg

MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.

— Ambrose Bierce

Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments…

— John Lothrop Motley

It appears to be monumental only because it's art.

— Christo

Societies raise their grandest monuments to what their cultures value most highly. As the tallest buildings in a city noted for tall buildings, the…

— Michael Mandelbaum

As a people, our monuments never commemorate victories. They commemorate the names of the fallen. We don't need the Arc de Triomphe; we have…

— David Elazar

Monuments obtain their full worth through their complete use.

— Evangelos Venizelos

It is crucial to recognize, reward, and celebrate accomplishments.

— Rosabeth Moss Kanter

“Maybe it’s time to realize that our greatest contributions are not the monuments that we construct, but the lives that we change because we…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

There is great incongruity in this idea of monuments, since those to whom they are usually dedicated need no such recognition to embalm their…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

But monument themselves memorials need.

— George Crabbe

Make you're choices, answer your calls. Live the moments and the monuments will take care of themselves, carved from after you've gone or shaped…

— Anonymous