A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.

Success by the laws of competition signifies a victory over others by obtaining the direction and profits of their work. This is the real source of all great riches.

The time is probably near when a new system of architectural laws will be developed, adapted entirely to metallic construction.

That which is required in order to the attainment of accurate conclusions respecting the essence of the Beautiful is nothing morethan earnest, loving, and unselfish attention to our impressions of it.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

All the other passions do occasional good, but whenever pride puts in its word, everything goes wrong, and what it might really be desirable to do, quietly and innocently, it is mortally dangerous to do, proudly.

Art is not a study of positive reality, it is the seeking for ideal truth.