Gardening Quotes by Luis Barragan

Art is made by the alone for the alone.

— Luis Barragan

I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one.

— Luis Barragan

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

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

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

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

My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.

— Luis Barragan

“Architecture is an art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this enviroment produces well being”

— Luis Barragan

Don't ask me about this building or that one, don't look at what I do, see what I see.

— Luis Barragan

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

I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.

— Luis Barragan

A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy

— Luis Barragan