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Luis Barragan
Mexican
Architect
About the author
I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.
Luis Barragan,
Mexican
Architect
#Magic
#Mystery
#Space
#Serenity
My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.
Luis Barragan,
Mexican
Architect
#Architecture
It is essential to an architect to know how to see: I mean to see in such a way that the vision is not overpowered by rational analysis.
Luis Barragan,
Mexican
Architect
#Vision
I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one.
Luis Barragan,
Mexican
Architect
#Architecture
#Gardening
Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all.
Luis Barragan,
Mexican
Architect
#Beauty
#Oracle
Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being.
Luis Barragan,
Mexican
Architect
#Architecture
#Art
#Being
#Environment
#Emotion
A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.
Luis Barragan,
Mexican
Architect
#Feeling
#Garden
#Serenity
#Joy
Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.
Luis Barragan,
Mexican
Architect
#Life
#Being
#Beauty