The loftier the building, the deeper must the foundation be laid.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is not the beauty of a building you should look at; its the construction of the foundation that will stand the test of time.
You can't build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you're going to have a strong superstructure.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
To put it bluntly, I seem to have a whole superstructure with no foundation. But I'm working on the foundation.
And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.
Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.
Art is about building a new foundation, not just laying something on top of what's already there.
When I concentrate on a specific site or place for which I am going to design a building, I try to plumb its depths, its form, its history and its sensuous qualities.
Any foundation you build, if trust is part of that foundation, whatever you're building, whatever you're creating is gonna have a rock-solid foundation.
The higher the building the lower the morals.