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Quote by Richard Neutra

“The architect who really designs for a human being has to know a great deal more than just the Five Canons of Vitruvius.”

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Richard Neutra

Richard Neutra, born on April 8, 1892 in Austria and died on April 16, 1970 in the United States, was a renowned modernist architect. His designs were characterized by simplicity, functionality, and a harmonious integration with nature. Neutra's architectural works are spread across the globe, with his most famous projects including the Villa Savoye and Villa Europa in Los Angeles. more

“Contradictions have always existed in the soul of [individuals]. But it is only when we prefer analysis to silence that they become a constant and insoluble problem. We are not meant to resolve all contradictions but to live with them and rise above them and see them in the light of exterior and objective values which make them trivial by comparison.”

Soul Problem Light Values Individual Silence Constant Objectives Analysis Contradiction Comparison Resolve Rise Above Exterior

Author:Thomas Merton

“God Himself begins to live in me not only as my Creator but as my other and true self.”

Self Creator True Self

Book:New Seeds of Contemplation

Source: New Seeds of Contemplation

“It is a glorious destiny to be a member of the human race, though it is a race dedicated to many absurdities and one which makes many terrible mistakes.”

Humans Race Mistake Destiny Terrible Members Human Race Glorious Dedicated Absurdity

Book:Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

Source: Conjectures of a Guilty Bystander

“It is both dangerous and easy to hate man as he is because he is not what he ought to be. If we do not first respect what he is we will never suffer him to become what he ought to be: in our impatience we do away with him altogether.”