Daniel Burnham Quotes

“I went to Harvard for examination with two men not as well prepared as I. Both passed easily, and I flunked, having sat through two or three examinations without being able to write a word.'

The same happened at Yale, Both schools turned him down. He never forgot it.”
― Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City

“An artist, he paints with lakes and wooded slopes, with lawns and banks and forest-covered hills." — Daniel Burnham talking about Frederick Law Olmstead”
― Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City

“I went to Harvard for examination with two men not as well prepared as I. Both passed easily, and I flunked, having sat through two or three examinations without being able to write a word," Burnham said.

Larson wrote, "The same happened at Yale. Both schools turned him down. He never forgot it.”
― Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City

“I went to Harvard for examination with two men not as well prepared as I. Both passed easily, and I flunked, having sat through two or three examinations without being able to write a word.' The same happened at Yale, Both schools turned him down. He never forgot it.”
― Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City

“I went to Harvard for examination with two men not as well prepared as I. Both passed easily, and I flunked, having sat through two or three examinations without being able to write a word." Burnham said.

Larson wrote, "The same happened at Yale, Both schools turned him down. He never forgot it.”
― Erik Larson, The Devil in the White City