56 Quotes by Louis Kahn

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

A great building must begin with the unmeasurable, must go through measurable means when it is being designed and in the end must be unmeasurable.

If people want to see Beaux-Arts, it's fine with me. I'm interested in good architecture as anybody else.

How precious a book is in light of the offering, in the light of the one who has the privilege of this offering. The library tells you of this offering

In a small room one does not say what one would in a large room.

A room is not a room without natural light.

Architecture struck me between the eye and the eyeball.

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 over you. What do you think of that?""""Brick?""Brick says:""... I like an Arch

The crocodile must want to be a crocodile for reasons of the crocodile