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Gustave Eiffel Quotes

Can one think that because we are engineers, beauty does not preoccupy us or that we do not try to build beautiful, as well as solid and long lasting structures? Aren’t the genuine functions of strength always in keeping with unwritten conditions of harmony?... Besides, there is an attraction, a special charm in the colossal to which ordinary theories of art do not apply Picture Quote #1

The fundamental idea of these pylons, or great archways, is based on a method of construction peculiar to me, of which the principle consists in giving to the edges of the pyramid a curve of such a nature that this pyramid shall be capable of resisting the force of the wind without necessitating the junction of the edges by diagonals as is usually done Picture Quote #1

Ah, bien je prétends que les courbes des quatre areêtes du monument, telles que le calcul les a fournies, donneront une grand impression de force et de beauté.Well, I think the curves of the four pillars of the monument, as the calculations have provided them, give it a great sense of force and beauty Picture Quote #1

The first principle of architectural beauty is that the essential lines of a construction be determined by a perfect appropriateness to its use Picture Quote #1

There is an attraction and a charm inherent in the colossal that is not subject to ordinary theories of art... The tower will be the tallest edifice ever raised by man. Will it therefore be imposing in its own way? Picture Quote #1

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Can one think that because we are engineers, beauty does not preoccupy us or that we do not try to build beautiful, as well as solid and long lasting structures? Aren’t the genuine functions of strength always in keeping with unwritten conditions of harmony?... Besides, there is an attraction, a special charm in the colossal to which ordinary theories of art do not apply (Gustave Eiffel Quotes) The fundamental idea of these pylons, or great archways, is based on a method of construction peculiar to me, of which the principle consists in giving to the edges of the pyramid a curve of such a nature that this pyramid shall be capable of resisting the force of the wind without necessitating the junction of the edges by diagonals as is usually done (Gustave Eiffel Quotes) Ah, bien je prétends que les courbes des quatre areêtes du monument, telles que le calcul les a fournies, donneront une grand impression de force et de beauté.Well, I think the curves of the four pillars of the monument, as the calculations have provided them, give it a great sense of force and beauty (Gustave Eiffel Quotes) The first principle of architectural beauty is that the essential lines of a construction be determined by a perfect appropriateness to its use (Gustave Eiffel Quotes) There is an attraction and a charm inherent in the colossal that is not subject to ordinary theories of art... The tower will be the tallest edifice ever raised by man. Will it therefore be imposing in its own way? (Gustave Eiffel Quotes)