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.
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Architecture is the thoughtful making of space.
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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.
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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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Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.
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Consider the momentous event in architecture when the wall parted and the column became.
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