I believe that architects should design gardens to be used, as much as the houses they build, to develop a sense of beauty and the taste and inclination toward the fine arts and other spiritual values. — Luis Barragan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience. — Luis Barragan Copy Share Image
“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 Image
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 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… — Luis Barragan Copy Share Image
I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery. — Luis Barragan Copy Share Image
A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy — Luis Barragan Copy Share Image
