"The character of the architectural forms and spaces which all people habitually encounter are powerful agencies in determining the nature of their thoughts, their emotions and their actions, however unconscious of this they may be."
"A 60-story tower in New York evokes a 70-story tower in Chicago [and] a 60-story tower in New York evokes a 70-story tower directly across the street."
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Source: Jean Ferriss Leich, Hugh Ferriss (1980). “Architectural visions: the drawings of Hugh Ferriss”
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