Étienne-Louis Boullée
A visionary French Neoclassical architect whose unbuilt projects, like the Cenotaph for Isaac Newton, influenced subsequent generations.
Quotes by Étienne-Louis Boullée
The architect must be a master of the divine.
The architect must be a master of the sacred.
The architect must be a master of the monumental.
The architect must be a master of the symbolic.
The architect must be a master of the allegorical.
The architect must be a master of the expressive.
The architect must be a master of the evocative.
The architect must be a master of the emotional.
The architect must be a master of the spiritual.
The architect must be a master of the human.
Architecture is the art of building monuments to the genius of man.
To create a monument is to give eternity to an idea.
The line is the first principle of architecture; without it, form cannot exist.
Nature provides the model; the architect must surpass it.
In the cenotaph to Newton, I sought to enclose the universe in a sphere of light.
Beauty in architecture arises from the harmony of proportions and the sublime.
The temple of humanity must rise from the ruins of tyranny.
Light is the soul of architecture; without it, forms are but shadows.
To design is to dream in stone and marble.
The greatest monument is one that inspires awe in the beholder's soul.