Arrogance Quote by Toba Beta

“A skyscraper is the incarnate rebellion against the supposedly unattainable; against the mystery of altitude, against the otherworldliness of the cerulean.”

— Joseph Roth

“In your lifetime you build two buildings, one of accomplishment, the other of failure, and only you can decide how big each one should…

— Collin Johnson

“I stop in my tracks to look up, completely disrupting the flow of tourist traffic. It’s directly in front of me, in all its…

— Kristin Rae

“Everything grand is made from a series of ugly little moments. Everything worthwhile by hours of self-doubt and days of drudgery. All the works…

— Pierce Brown

“By the way our society lives, if you climb the tallest building in the world so you can say you've seen the highest view…

— Sydney Wilhelmy

“Skyscrapers! Unhealthy ugly giants! To live and work as close as to the land is a blessing! Remember, you are not a cloud! Come…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

“In a world chasing competition, build a space so original, comparison becomes impossible.”

— Marion Bekoe

“The building is a ginormous 175-story office building that juts into the sky like a glass and steel erection.”

— Andrew Shaffer

the search for the ultimate skyscraper goes on. ... At worst, overbuilding will make urban life unbearable. At best, we will go out in…

— Ada Louise Huxtable

“For a long time thereafter I stared almost steadily at the bright and ostentatious VERIZON sign on top of one of the tallest buildings—the…

— Joshua Ferris

“Perhaps we can fly. All of us. How will we ever know unless we leap from some tall tower? No man ever truly knows…

— George R.R. Martin

“Nothing is build, just like that, everything around the world has some value and the purpose.”

— Santosh Kalwar