Eliel Quotes & Sayings

Art was born as a desire, not as a demand. — Eliel Saarinen

Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan. — Eliel Saarinen

We need to unlearn some of our respect for education, since it has undermined our respect for ourselves. — Gloria Steinem

Is there anything sadder than the foods of the 1950s? Canned, frozen, packaged concoctions, served up by the plateful, three meals per day, in an era in which the supermarket was king, the farmer's market was, well, for farmers, and the word 'locavore' sounded vaguely like a mythical beast. — Jeffrey Kluger

Why does everybody think I argue? I never argue." Skye hesitated. "Or at least, I'm not going to argue as much anymore."
"That would be a miracle."
Skye chose to pretend she hadn't heard. — Jeanne Birdsall

So a failed movie is not going to ruin my career. — Vincent D'Onofrio

Talent is what God gives us, Skill is what we give back to Him — Eliel Pierre

All I learned from Eliel Saarinen was how to make out an expense account — Frank Lloyd Wright

The victim mentality may be the last uncomplicated thing about life in America. — Anna Quindlen

The biggest mistake businesses make is advertising before they have become well known. — Jeffrey Gitomer