[Architectural] Competitions have never yet given the world anything worth having. […] Now, the reason is this—one reason, this isn’t the only reason, in every competition that goes through, the committee is first of all an average. […] Then, the committee goes through the exhibit, picks out the best designs and the worst ones, and throws them out. Why? Because they can’t get together on the best one. That one is always a minority report. You see? The best ones have to go. The worst ones have to go. Then there is the average. (May, 1949)
