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"With dignity and simplicity come repose... the natural state of one at home in his surroundings and sure of his ground. Repose is a distinguished characteristic of Greek art."
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"The qualities called personal... and the ability to impart them, in greater or less degree, is the gage of genius in art."
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Ernest Flagg
Ernest Flagg
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Ernest Flagg was an American architect in the Beaux-Arts style. He was also an advocate for urban reform and architecture's social responsibility.
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"Ridge-dormers have many other advantages. In winter, when closed... it is natures own method of lighting. Ridge-dormers greatly reduce the height of the building; because bringing into use space heretofore wasted, the eaves may be correspondingly lowered."
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"Variety. ...Movement, contrast, and accent all contribute to variety... the spice of life... Monotony and dryness are lurking enemies which may be vanquished by variety."
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"Style... the very hall-mark of great art... there is little use in trying to define style."
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"New York ought to have such an avenue like the Champs Elysées of Paris, Unter den Linden of Berlin, or the Ring Strasse of Vienna, but more ample than any of them; for here, of all places, owing to the shape of the island, there is the most need of such a thing."
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"Instead of the dormers, skylights... are easier to make and operate, need no double sash, cost less, and some may prefer their appearance."
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