Luis Barragan Quotes About Serenity

• I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.

  Luis Barragan

  Thinking, Space, Serenity

• A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy

  Luis Barragan

  Garden, Joy, Serenity

• Any work of architecture that does not express serenity is a mistake.

  Luis Barragan

  Badass, Mistake, Bad Ass

  "Cowboy builder" by Jonathan Glancey, www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2001.

• In alarming proportions the following words have disappeared from architectural publications: beauty, inspiration, magic, sorcery, enchantment, and also serenity, mystery, silence, privacy, astonishment. All of these have found a loving home in my soul.

  Luis Barragan

  Inspiration, Home, Silence

• All architecture, which does not express serenity, fails in its spiritual mission. Thus, it has been a mistake to abandon the shelter of walls for the inclemency of large areas of glass.

  Luis Barragan

  Spiritual, Wall, Mistake

• I have devoted myself to architecture as a sublime act of poetic imagination. Consequently, I am only a symbol for all those who have been touched by beauty. The words Beauty, Inspiration, Magic, Spellbound, Enchantment, as well as the concepts of Serenity, Silence, Intimacy and Amazement, all these have nestled in my soul. Though I am fully aware that I have not done them complete justice in my work, they have never ceased to be my guiding lights.

  Luis Barragan

  Inspiration, Light, Justice

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