Oscar Wilde Quote

There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America. It was not until I had seen the water-works at Chicago that I realised the wonders of machinery; the rise and fall of the steel rods, the symmetrical motion of the great wheels is the most beautiful rhythmic thing I have ever seen.

Impressions of America (1906)

There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America. It was not until I had seen the water-works at Chicago that I realised...

There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America. It was not until I had seen the water-works at Chicago that I realised...

There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America. It was not until I had seen the water-works at Chicago that I realised...

There is no country in the world where machinery is so lovely as in America. It was not until I had seen the water-works at Chicago that I realised...