Associations to the word «Guggenheim»

Wiktionary

GUGGENHEIM, proper noun. A surname.
GUGGENHEIM, proper noun. A museum dedicated to a person of that name.

Dictionary definition

GUGGENHEIM, noun. United States philanthropist; son of Meyer Guggenheim who created several foundations to support the arts (1861-1949).
GUGGENHEIM, noun. United States industrialist (born in Switzerland) who with his sons established vast mining and metal processing companies (1828-1905).

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley