Economy in building consists in the aggregate of a great number of savings, which when considered separately may seem trivial, but when combined are … - Ernest Flagg

Unless he is prepared to try his new theories and processes on himself, as has been done here, there is little likelihood that he will ever see them applied, for he will find that, of all people, builders are most set in their ways and hardest to move from their accustomed ruts.

Refinement. While the possession of this quality is due, in the first instance, to education, it is also largely a matter of temperament.

In the human figure as it approaches perfection... is contained the sure guide for the determination of all true principles of design. ...it was because the ancient Greeks... realized this truth that they excelled all others in art.