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“What William Cecil has finished at Biltmore Property is likely one of the nice maintenance good fortune tales of all time. He has set a prime usual for what all Historical space museums attempt for: magnificently preserved homes and grounds, enticing interpretation, and–possibly so much difficult of all–financial self-sufficiency. It isn’t surprising that Biltmore Property is widely known as one in every of The usa’s best puts to discuss with.”
―Richard Moe, President of the Nationwide Believe for Historical Preservation

“Biltmore is a wonderful Nationwide Historical landmark that, via inventive imaginative and prescient and entrepreneurial control, preserves and gives perception into a lifestyle within the early 1900s. Invoice is the inventive and multifaceted chief who has constructed this nice monument to counterpoint his neighborhood. George and I love his willpower and good fortune.”
―George and Abby Rockefeller O’Neill

“Invoice Cecil and his staff at Biltmore Property have positive proved that they know the way to construct a a hit trade. They did it the old fashioned approach: embody a daring concept that others stated may just no longer be performed and–via dedication, decision, and difficult paintings–carry it to lifestyles. Their fulfillment towards the percentages is inspiring, and their imaginative and prescient and perseverance are helpful courses to us all.”
―Don Logan, Chairman, Media & Communications Crew, Time Warner

“If George Vanderbilt did not anything greater than interact the 2 so much distinguished and storied designers in their time, architect Richard Morris Hunt and panorama architect Frederick Legislation Olmsted, to hold out his imaginative and prescient of a Ecu Property within the southern Appalachians, he may have created an American icon. The wonderful thing about the process during which the Property used to be carried out and, even these days, the meticulous consideration to element, within the presentation and care of the Property by means of William Cecil, have introduced historical past to lifestyles.”
―Gary J. Walters, Leader Usher, The White House