The creation of art is not the fulfillment of a need but the creation of a need. The world never needed Beethoven's Fifth Symphony until he created it. Now we could not live without it. — Louis Kahn Copy Share Image
A work of art... is not a living thing... that walks or runs. But the making of a life. That which gives you a reaction. To some it is the wonder of man's fingers. To some it is the wonder… — Louis Kahn Copy Share Image
Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love. — Louis Kahn Copy Share Image
Even a room which must be dark needs at least a crack of light to know how dark it is. — Louis Kahn Copy Share Image
I sense a Threshold: Light to Silence, Silence to Light - an ambiance of inspiration, in which the desire to be, to express, crosses… — Louis Kahn Copy Share Image
If people want to see Beaux-Arts, it's fine with me. I'm interested in good architecture as anybody else. — Louis Kahn Copy Share Image
We are born of light. The seasons are felt through light. We only know the world as it is evoked by light. — Louis Kahn Copy Share Image
