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"I like to see a man standing at the foot of a skyscraper. It makes him no bigger than an ant... The God-damn fools! It's man who made it—the whole incredible mass of stone and steel. It doesn't dwarf him, it makes him greater than the structure. It reveals his true dimensions to the world. What we love about these buildings, Dominique, is the creative faculty, the heroic in man"

It really is an amazing building can sit beside all the gothic cathedrals in terms of beauty.



I know who you're quoting, and it's a brave man who does that for this writer these days.

I don't like the author's politics, but I did like the book.


Relevant, peripherally...

https://www.johngalthostel.cz/


Yeah. I mean politics aside, I think it's a valid quote about how you feel when you look at incredible buildings.




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