Skipper Post’s book of quotes
Tuesday, May 1, 2007
Post's top quotes:
"Never forget that what you do not value will not be valued, that what you do not change will not be changed, that what you do not do will not be done." --Alexander Sanders Jr., judge
"Architecture is the most public of the arts. It surrounds us. It shelters us. It touches us continually. It is inescapable. It affects all of us, all the time. Its importance cannot be overstated." --Jane Alexander, former chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts
"Let us be good ancestors." --Le Corbusier, architect
Architect Raymond “Skipper” Post has always been a boating enthusiast. He even wrote a memoir about one hurricane-challenged excursion he took across the Gulf of Mexico that circulated among friends and family. But when he was elected as a board member for the American Institute of Architects, he became more enthusiastic about the qualities and purpose of leadership. Since 1990 he has collected his favorite quotes, mostly meditations on architecture, leadership and progress. But what book of wisdom would be complete without a few clippings from the wisest of comic strips, Calvin and Hobbes?
“Every time I go through it, I think, ‘I’ve got to make copies for my children and for the people who keep my office going,’” he says. “I’d like to make a real book out of it and give it to anyone who cares.”
Post drew material from the book more publicly in the mid-1990s when he served as president of the AIA and spoke to architects and designers across the country and in Europe. But now, at 67, he finds himself returning to the quotes for inspiration. And he still collects them. The first black binder is overstuffed and maxed out. It’s time to start a second volume.
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