Commonplaceness, the surrender to the average, that good which is not bad but still the enemy of the best - That is our besetting danger.

If thou wouldst hear what seemly is and fit, inquire of noble woman; they can tell, who in life's common usage hold their place by graceful deed and aptly chosen word.

The fate of the architect is the strangest of all. How often he expends his whole soul, his whole heart and passion, to produce buildings into which he himself may never enter.

Where is the man who has the strength to be true, and to show himself as he is?

Enthusiasm is of the greatest value, so long as we are not carried away by it.

America, you have it better than our continent, the old one.

Art will always be art.