Ada Louise Huxtable quotes

Nothing was more up-to-date when it was built, or is more obsolete today, than the railroad station. (Ada Louise Huxtable)
A disaster where marble has been substituted for imagination. View quote
Ada Louise Huxtable
The age of Lincoln and Jefferson memorials is over. It will be presidential libraries from now on. View quote
Ada Louise Huxtable
An excellent job with a dubious undertaking, which is like saying it would be great if it wasn't awful. View quote
Ada Louise Huxtable
Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right kind of day is jeweled balm for the battered spirit. A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all's right with the world. View quote
Ada Louise Huxtable
Washington is an endless series of mock palaces clearly built for clerks. View quote
Ada Louise Huxtable

Ada Louise Huxtable

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Occupation: American Critic
Born: March 14, 1921
Died: January 7, 2013
Quotes count: 6

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