Happiness and depression cannot blossom on the same vine. Some people affirm their woes and beg for sympathy. Others, unfortunately, cast gloom wherever they go. These poor souls were born sick and tired.
Louis SullivanA proper building grows naturally, logically, and poetically out of all its conditions.
Louis SullivanIt was the spirit animating the mass and flowing from it, and it expressed the individuality of the building.
Louis SullivanWhen you look on one of your contemporary 'good copies' of historical remains, ask yourself the question: Not what style, but in what civilization is this building? And the absurdity, vulgarity, anachronism and solecism of the modern structure will be revealed to you in a most startling fashion.
Louis Sullivan