All material in nature, the mountains and the streams and the air and we, are made of Light which has been spent, and this crumpled mass called material casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to light. -Louis Kahn

 

All material in nature, the mountains and the streams and the air and we, are made of Light which has been spent, and this crumpled mass called material casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to light.


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This quote is just one of 7 total Louis Kahn quotes in our collection. Louis Kahn is known for saying 'All material in nature, the mountains and the streams and the air and we, are made of Light which has been spent, and this crumpled mass called material casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to light.' as well as some of the following quotes.

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.

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All material in nature, the mountains and the streams and the air and we, are made of Light which has been spent, and this crumpled mass called material casts a shadow, and the shadow belongs to light.

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To express is to drive.And when you want to give something presence, you have to consult nature.And there is where Design comes in.And if you think of Brick, for instance,and you say to Brick,'What do you want Brick?'And Brick says to you'I like an Arch.'And if you say to Brick'Look, arches are expensive, and I can use a concrete lentil o. -Louis Kahn
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A Work of Art... is not a living thing ...that walks or runs.But the making of a life.That which gives you a reaction.To some it is the wonder of Man's Fingers.To some it is the wonder of the Mind.To some it is the wonder of Technique.And to some it is how Real it is.To some, how Transcendent it is.Like the 5th Symphony it presents itself.

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Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became.

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Architecture is the reaching out for the truth. -Louis Kahn
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Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.

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