“In alarming proportions the following words have disappeared from architectural publications: beauty, inspiration, magic, sorcery, enchantment, and also serenity, mystery, silence, privacy, astonishment. All of these have found a loving home in my soul.” SoulHomeInspirationFoundSilenceMagicMysteryFollowingMy SoulProportionPrivacySerenityPublicationEnchantmentAstonishmentSorceryLoving Home Author:Luis Barragan
“Nudity in photography, whether involving adults or children, is a subject sinking under a freight of political and moral disapproval it could never hope to support, and this is not the place for me to get out the bilge pump. I will only say that critics who tremble so fiercely at the thought of the voyeuristic male gaze miss the point that distance generates mystery and enchantment, and expresses the awe with which the male imagination regards all women.” ChildrenPoliticalImaginationMoralSupportMysterySubjectsMissingPhotographyAdultsRegardDistanceCriticsMalesAweInvolvingSinkingNudityPumpsEnchantmentDisapproval Author:J. G. Ballard
“It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.” MysteryAddPursuitFogEnchantmentHazeWonder And MysteryPurple Haze Author:Antoine Rivarol