Gathered Pearls

Donald Rivet, Teacher, Woonsocket Highschool, Woonsocket, RI
“Drafting isn’t drawing, it’s a language.”

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Reginald Meade, General Manager, Washburn Wire Company, East Providence, RI
“There’s never enough time to do it right, but always enough time to do it over again.”

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Nancy Guay, Drawing Instructor, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
“You draw like Di Vinci, not Michelangelo.” (Loosen up!)

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Edward Bates, Marketing Professor, Bryant University, Smithfield, RI
“If Janitor in a Drum made mouthwash, no one would buy it.’

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James Fleming  AIA, Gresham, Smith & Partners, Nashville, TN
“I love your job, you’re into something new every six months, I 'm sloging along with the same project for six years now.” (The Nashville International Airport)

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Thomas “Tom” Cummings Jr. CEO, Cummings Sign Inc., Nashville, TN (and Tetreault Design Partner in the 80's)
“Always give your client your best advise, if they don’t accept it, sell them green cheese if they insist.”

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Alex Palmer, Developer, Palmer Plaza, Nashville, TN
"Paul, if you get in trouble with a bank, borrow more, make them part of the solution, not the problem.”

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Mike Fitts  FAIA, State of Tennessee Architect
“No one can pronounce it, but everyone remembers it.” (Conversation about renaming Tetreault Design to something else.)