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 Copy Share Image
I have devoted myself to architecture as a sublime act of poetic imagination. Consequently, I am only a symbol for all those who have been touched by beauty. The words Beauty, Inspiration, Magic, Spellbound, Enchantment, as well as the concepts… — Luis Barragan Copy Share Image
It is essential to an architect to know how to see: I mean to see in such a way that the vision is not… — Luis Barragan Copy Share
In the creation of a garden, the architect invites the partnership of the Kingdom of Nature. In a beautiful garden the majesty of nature… — Luis Barragan Copy Share
Only in intimate communion with solitude may man find himself. Solitude is good company and my architecture is not for those who fear or… — Luis Barragan Copy Share
In alarming proportions the following words have disappeared from architectural publications: beauty, inspiration, magic, sorcery, enchantment, and also serenity, mystery, silence, privacy, astonishment. All… — Luis Barragan Copy Share
My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience. — Luis Barragan Copy Share
“Architecture is an art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this enviroment produces well being” — Luis Barragan Copy Share
Don't ask me about this building or that one, don't look at what I do, see what I see. — Luis Barragan Copy Share
I have devoted myself to architecture as a sublime act of poetic imagination. Consequently, I am only a symbol for all those who have… — Luis Barragan Copy Share
I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery. — Luis Barragan Copy Share
A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy — Luis Barragan Copy Share
The Art of Seeing. It is essential to an architect to know how to see: I mean, to see in such a way that… — Luis Barragan Copy Share
