Louis Kahn
An American architect, he was known for his monumental and spiritual designs, often using concrete and brick, and for his profound philosophical approach to architecture.
Quotes by Louis Kahn
Silence and light are the great tools of architecture.
You cannot separate the creative act from the creative life.
The artist lives in the city, the architect in the street.
Architecture is form and function, but it is also the poetry of space.
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.
The creation of art is not the fulfillment of a need but the creation of a need.
I don't see the world as a place to build monuments. I see it as a place to live.
Light is the handmaiden of architecture.
Architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart.
We owe it to ourselves to be as great as we are.
The first thing that an architect must be is a humanist.
Space is the only thing that man can make.
A building is a celebration of the senses.
The measure of a building is its ability to inspire.
Architecture is the art of reconciliation between nature and human needs.
I started out to be an architect, but I ended up being a philosopher.
The wall is the backbone of architecture.
Beauty grows from necessity, not from repetition of formulas.
Every building is a monument to its time.
Light creates ambience and reveals texture.