Great Engineering Quotes

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.
– Douglas Adams –

“The road to success is always under construction”
Get it right….CIVIL ENGINEERS
A bridge is built for us to pass over; it is a work of utility, and which should endure. It should be in keeping with its object, solid, clean, simple, well executed without vain ornament.
– Paul Sejourne –

Aeroplanes are not designed by science, but by art in spite of some pretence and humbug to the contrary. I do not mean to suggest that engineering can do without science, on the contrary, it stands on scientific foundations, but there is a big gap between scientific research and the engineering product which has to be bridged by the art of the engineer.
– Walter G Vincenti –

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From outpost @ cockatoo island 2011, this guy is cool

"Born in Warwickshire, Will grew up in the Suffolk countryside and spent several years in London and Glasgow before moving to Sydney, Australia. His grandfather, Norman Sillman, is a sculptor so he had easy access to modern and classical art and art theory when he was growing up. His official art training consists of Ravensbourne College of Art, Wimbledon School of Art and Glasgow School of Art. Most of his work, if pigeon-holed, is either semi-figurative or conceptual. His cast concrete works that appear on city streets are poignant and clever."

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Concrete Cast Art

Born in Warwickshire, Will grew up in the Suffolk countryside and spent several years in London and Glasgow before moving to Sydney, Australia. His grandfather, Norman Sillman, is a sculptor so he had easy access to modern and classical art and art theory when he was growing up. His official art training consists of Ravensbourne College of Art, Wimbledon School of Art and Glasgow School of Art. Most of his work, if pigeon-holed, is either semi-figurative or conceptual. His cast concrete works that appear on city streets are poignant and clever.