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Quote by Louis Kahn

“Architecture is the reaching out for the truth.”

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Louis Kahn, born on February 20, 1901, and died on March 17, 1974, was one of the most influential architects of the 20th century. Known for his unique modernist style and profound philosophical thinking, Kahn's works have had a profound impact on architecture. more

“Matter is capable of infinite subdivision...All matter is in a state of perpetual activity [motion], whether the substance under consideration be inanimate or animated, visible or invisible...There is no dividing of matter and force into two distinct terms, as they both are ONE. FORCE is liberated matter. MATTER is force in bondage.”

Two Matter States Force Term Activity Capable Infinite Invisible Substance Visible Consideration Perpetual Bondage Animated Liberated Dividing

Author:John Ernst Worrell Keely

“Summer means promises fulfilled, objectives gained, hopes realized. The surge of doing and achieving, of watching and enjoying is finally replaced by a sense of quiet and floating and a certain fullness and repletion, as though one cannot absorb any more.”

Mean Certain Enjoy Achieve Promise Quiet Summer Objectives Fulfilled Replaced Floating Fullness

Author:Sigurd F. Olson

“Freedom is always in danger, and the majority of mankind will always acquiesce in its loss, unless a minority is willing to challenge the privileges of its few and the apathy of the masses.”

Challenges Loss Mankind Danger Willing Mass Majority Privilege Minorities Apathy

Author:Richard Crossman

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

Events Wall Architecture Columns

Author:Louis Kahn

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