"Books about technical subjects for nontechnicians tend to be obtuse, condescending, or both. The Tower and the Bridge…"

"There is a fragility inherent in the symbolism of every great street in New York: stands for a theater that is perpet…"

"... , writing in ancient Rome around 30 , set out the three elements of architecture as "commodity, firmness, and del…"

"I once heard a prominent museum director call the of architecture. Her fame as an architect owes much to her image as…"

"The extraordinary shape had conceived for , inspired the architect , who toured the museum a few months before its co…"

"Three years are gone, and the has faded from New York. Sorrow and rage have ebbed. The void of ground zero is another…"

"Scientific education is catholic; it embraces the whole field of human learning. No student can master all knowledge …"

"Honest investigation is but the application of common sense to the solution of the unknown. Science does not wait on …"

"Years of drought and famine come and years of flood and famine come, and the climate is not changed with dance, libat…"

"The verb is relatively of much greater importance in an Indian tongue than in a civilized language."