Quotes from Gustave Eiffel

I ought to be jealous of the tower. She is more famous than I am.

Being the most striking manifestation of the art of metal structures by which our engineers have shown in Europe, it [the Eiffel Tower] is one of the most striking of our modern national genius.

The first principle of architectural beauty is that the essential lines of a construction be determined by a perfect appropriateness to its use.

I ought to be jealous of the tower. She is more famous than I am.

Étant la plus saisissante manifestation de l'art des constructions métalliques par lesquelles nos ingénieurs se sont illustrés en Europe, elle est une des formes les plus frappantes de notre génie national moderne. Being the most striking manifestation of the art of metal structures by which our engineers have shown in Europe, it [the Eiffel Tower] is one of the most striking of our modern national genius.