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Ralston Holcombe
The Dean of Stanton blindly believes in the virtues of tradition and is convinced that other people’s laudatory opinions of a building make it great. He never thinks through the reasons for why an old, famous building has merit and he unequivocally lambasts new ideas. Roark is puzzled by this, and he struggles to understand how people like the Dean make sense of the world.
The Dean Quotes in The Fountainhead
The The Fountainhead quotes below are all either spoken by The Dean or refer to The Dean . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1: Chapter 1
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“You must learn to understand—and it has been proved by all authorities—that everything beautiful in architecture has been done already. There is a treasure mine in every style of the past. We can only choose from the great masters. Who are we to improve upon them? We can only attempt, respectfully, to repeat.”
“Why?” asked Howard Roark.
[…] “But it’s self-evident!” said the Dean.
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The Dean Quotes in The Fountainhead
The The Fountainhead quotes below are all either spoken by The Dean or refer to The Dean . For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Part 1: Chapter 1
Quotes
“You must learn to understand—and it has been proved by all authorities—that everything beautiful in architecture has been done already. There is a treasure mine in every style of the past. We can only choose from the great masters. Who are we to improve upon them? We can only attempt, respectfully, to repeat.”
“Why?” asked Howard Roark.
[…] “But it’s self-evident!” said the Dean.
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