Quote of the day
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Sigfried Giedion
Born: April 14, 1888
Died: April 9, 1968 (aged 79)
Bio: Sigfried Giedion was a Bohemian-born Swiss historian and critic of architecture.
Known for:
- Space, Time and Architecture (1941)
- Mechanization Takes Command (1948)
- Architecture, you and me (1958)
- Walter Gropius, work and teamwork (1954)