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 Read Quote
If people want to see Beaux-Arts, it’s fine with me. I’m interested in good architecture as anybody else. Louis Kahn Read Quote
The first thing that an architect must do is to sense that every building you build is a world of its own, and that this world of its own serves an institution. Louis Kahn Read Quote
How precious a book is in light of the offering, in the light of the one who has the privilege of this offering. The library tells you of this offering. Louis Kahn Read Quote
Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became. Louis Kahn Read Quote
You say to a brick, ‘What do you want, brick?’ And brick says to you, ‘I like an arch.’ And you say to brick, ‘Look, I want one, too, but arches are expensive and I can use a concrete lintel.’ And then you say: ‘What do you think of that, brick?’ Brick says: ‘I like an arch.’ Louis Kahn Read Quote
