A lawyer without history or literature is a mechanic, a mere working mason; if he possesses some knowledge of these, he may venture to call himself an architect.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The lawyer has not reached the height of his vocation who does not find therein... scope for a peculiar but genuine artistic function.
The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term... if he can't see at least ten years ahead don't call him an architect.
A lawyer who does not know men is handicapped.
Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money.
If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is not an artist.
It is almost a rule that the more complex a man is, the simpler his billing. A person with a retrospective ability gone rampant often would be called an historian. Similarly, one to whom reality doesn't seem to make sense gets dubbed a philosopher.
The Architect is just one of a series of works which examine the confrontation of innocence and experience, illustrating the complex ethics of power that exist between reader and writer, critic and artist, the human and the divine.
Before the professionalization of architecture in the nineteenth century, it was standard for an aspiring mason or carpenter to begin his apprenticeship at fourteen and to become a master builder by his early twenties.
There are some lawyers who think of themselves as basically instruments of whoever their clients are, and they pride themselves on their professional craft.
No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a sculptor or painter, he can only be a builder.