build - quotes

Frank Lloyd Wright, 1869-1959

was an US architect

The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines — so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.

( New York Times, October 4, 1953 )

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832

was a German dramatist, novelist, poet, and scientist

He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure.