Robert Moses Professions : Architect Born : December 18, 1888 Died : July 29, 1981 Browse All Authors Top 15 quotes by Robert Moses Those who can, build. Those who can't, criticize. Robert Moses criticize I raise my stein to the builder who can remove ghettos without removing people as I hail the chef who can make omelets without breaking eggs. Robert Moses ghetto eggs people When you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax. Robert Moses clean-slate meat way You can draw any kind of picture you want on a clean slate and indulge your every whim in the wilderness in laying out a New Delhi, Canberra, or Brasilia, but when you operate in an overbuilt metropolis, you have to hack your way with a meat ax. Robert Moses meat want way If the ends don't justify the means, then what does? Robert Moses ends doe mean [It is] the most hideous waterfront structure ever inflicted on a city by a combination of architectural conceit and official bad taste. the Cathedral of Asphalt. Robert Moses architecture taste cities Every true New Yorker believes with all his heart that when a New Yorker is tired of New York, he is tired of life. Robert Moses tired new-york believe Here the skeptic finds chaos and the believer further evidence that the hand that made us is divine. Robert Moses chaos divine hands l have no fear of change as such and, on the other hand, no liking for it merely for its own sake. Robert Moses change fear hands Unfortunately there are still people in other areas who regard New York City not as part of the United States, but as a sort of excrescence fastened to our Eastern shore and peopled by the less venturesome waves of foreigners who failed to go West to the genuine American frontier. Robert Moses cities new-york people I have long since abandoned the notion that higher education is essential to either success or happiness. Hothouses of learning do not always grow anything edible. Robert Moses abandoned essentials long He continued to be an infant long after he ceased to be a prodigy. Robert Moses intelligence intellectual long If you elect a matinee idol mayor, you're going to have a musical comedy administration. Robert Moses administration musical idols Majorities, of course, start with minorities. Robert Moses majority minorities courses Critics build nothing. Robert Moses critics Similar Authors Ben van Berkel architect Bruno Zevi architect Bruno Freschi architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin architect Arthur Erickson architect Arne Jacobsen architect All Authors
