11 quotes
Any work of architecture which does not express serenity is a mistake.
Contemporary Architects (1980)
The certainty of death is the spring of action and therefore of life, and in the implicit religious element in the work of art, life triumphs over death.
Acceptance of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (1980)
The Art of Seeing. It is essential to an architect to know how to see: I mean, to see in such a way that the vision is not overpowered by rational analysis.
Acceptance of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (1980)
Only in intimate communion with solitude may man find himself. Solitude is good company and my architecture is not for those who fear or shun it.
Acceptance of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (1980)
A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.
Acceptance of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (1980)
Art is made by the alone for the alone.
I believe that architects should design gardens to be used, as much as the houses they build, to develop a sense of beauty and the taste and inclination toward the fine arts and other spiritual values.
Contemporary Architects (1980)
How can one forget joy? I believe that a work of art reaches perfection when it conveys silent joy and serenity.
Acceptance of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (1980)
A fountain brings us peace, joy and restful sensuality and reaches the epitome of its very essence when by its power to bewitch it will stir dreams of distant worlds.
Acceptance of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (1980)
In the gardens and homes designed by me, I have always endeavored to allow for the interior placid murmur of silence, and in my fountains, silence sings.
Acceptance of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (1980)
Serenity is the great and true antidote against anguish and fear, and today, more than ever, it is the architect’s duty to make of it a permanent guest in the home, no matter how sumptuous or how humble. Throughout my work I have always strived to achieve serenity, but one must be on guard not to destroy it by the use of an indiscriminate palette.
Acceptance of the Pritzker Architecture Prize (1980)