Luis Barragan

I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one.

— Luis Barragan

Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being.

— Luis Barragan

I don't divide architecture, landscape and gardening; to me they are one.

— Luis Barragan

Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all.

— Luis Barragan

Any work of architecture which does not express serenity is a mistake.

— Luis Barragan

My house is my refuge, an emotional piece of architecture, not a cold piece of convenience.

— Luis Barragan

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.

— Luis Barragan

It is impossible to understand Art and the glory of its history without avowing religious spirituality and the mythical roots that lead us to the very reason of being of the artistic phenomenon. Without the one or the other there would be no Egyptian pyramids, nor those of ancient Mexico. Would the Greek temples and Gothic cathedrals have existed?

— Luis Barragan

Beauty, Inspiration, Magic, Spellbound, Enchantment, as well as the concepts of Serenity, Silence, Intimacy and Amazement. [...] They have never ceased to be my guiding lights.

— Luis Barragan

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.

— Luis Barragan

Architecture is a art when one consciously or unconsciously creates aesthetic emotion in the atmosphere and when this environment produces well being.

— Luis Barragan