"It cannot for a moment be doubted that……" — Louis Sullivan
"It cannot for a moment be doubted that an art work to be alive, to awaken us to its life, to inspire us sooner or later with its purpose, must indeed be animate with a soul, must have been breathed upon by the spirit and must breathe in turn that spirit."
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Louis Sullivan
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24 Quotes by Louis Sullivan
Louis Sullivan has 24 quotes on this site.
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Form ever follows function.
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Form follows function.
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National Health Insurance means combining the efficiency of the Postal Service with the compassion of the I.R.S. ... and the…
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But the building's identity resided in the ornament.
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It was the spirit animating the mass and flowing from it, and it expressed the individuality of the building.
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An architect, to be a true exponent of his time, must possess first, last and always the sympathy, the intuition…
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How strange it seems that education, in practice, so often means suppression: that instead of leading the mind outward to…
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What are books but folly, and what is an education but an arrant hypocrisy, and what is art but a…
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The architect who combines in his being the powers of vision, of imagination, of intellect, of sympathy with human need…
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Our architecture reflects truly as a mirror.
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Happiness and depression cannot blossom on the same vine. Some people affirm their woes and beg for sympathy. Others, unfortunately,…
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Every building is like a person. Single and unrepeatable.
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I think if we didn't contradict ourselves, it would be awfully boring. It would be tedious to be alive.
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Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't.
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A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and…
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It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me…
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My biggest fear ever is to be involved in a plane crash, so when that happened... well, I'm just thankful…
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As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then…
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