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Luis Barragan - From the Architecture category:
- a systematic 'unveiling' of the interior and progressing from space to space...
An architectural striptease. (Luis Barragan)
Luis Barragan - From the Architecture category:
Architecture is an art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being. (Luis Barragan)
Luis Barragan - From the Architecture category:
I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one. (Luis Barragan)
Luis Barragan - From the Architecture category:
All architecture, which does not express serenity, fails in its spiritual mission. Thus, it has been a mistake to abandon the shelter of walls for the inclemency of large areas of glass. (Luis Barragan)
Luis Barragan - From the Art category:
Art is made by the alone for the alone. (Luis Barragan)
Luis Barragan - From the Beauty category:
Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all. (Luis Barragan)
Luis Barragan - From the Emotion category:
My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience. (Luis Barragan)
Luis Barragan - From the Growth category:
A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy. (Luis Barragan)
Luis Barragan - From the Life category:
Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human. (Luis Barragan)
Luis Barragan - From the Peace category:
Any work of architecture which does not express serenity is a mistake. (Luis Barragan)
Luis Barragan - From the Questions category:
Don't ask me about this building or that one, don't look at what I do, see what I see. (Luis Barragan)
Luis Barragan - From the Seeing category:
It is essential to an architect to know how to see: I mean to see in such a way that the vision is not overpowered by rational analysis. (Luis Barragan)
Luis Barragan - From the Solitude category:
Solitude. Only in intimate communion with solitude may man find himself. Solitude is good company and my architecture is not for those who fear or shun it. (Luis Barragan)
Luis Barragan - From the Space category:
The ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery. (Luis Barragan)
Luis Barragan - From the Words category:
In alarming proportions the following words have disappeared from architectural publications: beauty, inspiration, magic, sorcery, enchantment, and also serenity, mystery, silence, privacy, astonishment. All of these have found a loving home in my soul. (Luis Barragan)
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