Scale Quotes

“The universe is not for little boys.”

“He who is faithful over a few things is a lord of cities. It does not matter whether you preach in a match-box or a cathedral.”

“The laws of biology are the same for a super-dinosaur and a super-mouse.”

“Technology is an inherent democratizer. Because of the evolution of hardware and software, you’re able to scale up and do things that were never possible before.”

“A small stone in a big field looks lonely. A big stone in a small field looks crowded.”

“A billion hours ago, human life appeared on earth. A billion minutes ago, Christianity emerged. A billion seconds ago, the Beatles changed music. A billion Coca-Colas ago was yesterday morning.”

“You can't photograph a big locomotive with a small camera.”

“A building is a microcosm of a city – the city is a macrocosm of a building.”

“A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.”

“Scale is the most important element in decorating.”

“Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems.”

“You can't be a big company in a small industry. You can't be a big player in a small market.”

“The whole secret of the spectacular is scale.”

“In the end, it is the scale of the human being that is the measure of all things.”

“All the scenic features of this canyon district are on a giant scale, strange and weird.”

“I have always been interested in the scale of a work rather than its form.”

“The main reason for the colossal objects is the obvious one, to expand and aggrandize the object to the point where it becomes a monument.”

“I confess that I am by natural instinct, more fitted to execute works of the largest size.”

“The type of scale is defined by the group of transformations that leaves the scale form invariant.”

“The business of a scale of measurement is to state the conditions under which an equality is to be determined.”