Quotes by Daniel Burnham

About Daniel Burnham:

Daniel Hudson Burnham was an American architect and urban designer. He was the Director of Works for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
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Make big plans; aim high in hope and work, remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die, but long after we are gone be a living thing, asserting itself with ever-growing insistence.

Daniel Burnham

Let your watchword be order and your beacon beauty.

Daniel Burnham

It was Chicago with its World's Fair which vivified the national desire for civic beauty.

Daniel Burnham

Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.

Daniel Burnham

Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized.

Daniel Burnham

Author Bio

  • NameDaniel Burnham
  • DescriptionAmerican architect and urban designer
  • AliasesDaniel Hudson Burnham
  • BornSeptember 4, 1846
  • DiedJune 1, 1912
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionArchitect; Author
  • WorksUnion Station