like the Marshall Field development is sufficient compensation for all the time and effort spent in perfecting the business side of an architectural practice.
Success in architectural attainment cannot be achieved without preparation of artistic ideals and designing ability, and it is impossible to avoid some reference to their importance; but artistic talent alone, without the necessary executive qualifications, would only place an early limitation on the success of this opportunity. More important, because of the scale of the problem, with its many complications and ramifications, an ideal balance in organization was manifest from the beginning to properly handle the intricacies of design, business, engineering and building.
Confidence is generally acknowledged as the basis of all business relations, which simply means that in order that business be carried on successfully, men must trust their affairs with others. There is no doubt that the owner gave careful thought to the seriousness of entrusting the entire financial interest to an architect, whose control of all money involved meant either a sound or an unsound distribution. In so considering the situation and in the final decision he evidently followed the general trend of the public mind, placing
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