Kent Smith Quotes

Dominique Francon I wish I had never seen your building. It's the things that we admire or want that enslave us. I'm not easy to bring into submission.

Henry Cameron I told them that the form of a building must follow its function.

Gail Wynand Build it as a monument to that spirit which is yours - and could have been mine.

Peter Keating You can't hope to survive unless you learn how to compromise. Now, watch me! In just a few short years I'll shoot to the top of the architectural profession because I'm going to give the public what it wants.

Peter Keating But it's a humanitarian project. Think of the people who live in slums. If you can give them decent housing, you can perform a noble deed. Would you do it just for their sake?

Howard Roark No! A man who works for others without payment is a slave! I do not believe that slavery is noble. Not in any form, nor for any purpose, whatsoever!