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Louis Kahn quotes

American Architect February 20, 1901 – March 17, 1974

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Louis Kahn quote: "Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection,..."
Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love. Louis Kahn
Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul. Louis Kahn
Louis Kahn quote: "Architecture is what nature cannot make. Architecture is..."
Architecture is what nature cannot make. Architecture is something unnatural but not something made up. Louis Kahn
Architecture appears for the first time when the sunlight hits a wall.The sunlight did not know what it was before it hit a wall. Louis Kahn
Louis Kahn quote: "A book is tremendously important. Nobody ever paid for the..."
A book is tremendously important. Nobody ever paid for the price of a book, they only paid for the printing Louis Kahn
A great building must begin with the immeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed, and in the end must be unmeasured. Louis Kahn
Louis Kahn quote: "Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall..."
Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became. Louis Kahn
Louis Kahn quote: "Architecture is the reaching out for the truth."
Architecture is the reaching out for the truth. Louis Kahn
The artist is only a vehicle for already has been. Nothing can really be given a presence unless it already exists potentially. Louis Kahn

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