America Quote by Jared Diamond

Not only did America invent the skyscraper, it invented the skyline.

— Santiago Calatrava

We have become so quick and effective in building things today. It would be easy to build another Pyramid of Giza or another Great…

— Zhang Xin

Right after 9/11 it looked as if the idea of a huge skyscraper might be considered obsolete. It came back, but I think that's…

— Paul Goldberger

We built tall buildings, but we have not become any taller.

— Dejan Stojanovic

America's skyscrapers were not built by public funds nor for a public purpose: they were built by the energy, initiative and wealth of private…

— Ayn Rand

“As if that was how they built the Colosseum and the pyramids of Giza. Christ, they’d managed to build the Eiffel Tower in 1889,…

— Fredrik Backman

The family I'm from, well, no one had their name on big buildings. My family were builders of a different kind. Builders in the…

— Hillary Clinton

I just want to build the best buildings. It's not about me, it's about the buildings, creating a space where society can gather and…

— Santiago Calatrava

The tallest building in the world is now in Dubai...

— Fareed Zakaria

Why do we insist on building the largest and most impressive structures in our city when people on the other side of town are…

— K.P. Yohannan

...Skyscraper National Park

— Kurt Vonnegut

When does a building actually become a built?

— Le Corbusier