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Luis Barragan
March 9, 1902 - November 22, 1988
Nationality: Mexican
Category: Architect

Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all.

   

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

   

Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.

   

I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one.

   

Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being.

   

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.

   

My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.

   

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

   

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