Luis Barragan

I think that the ideal space must contain elements of magic, serenity, sorcery and mystery.

Beauty is the oracle that speaks to us all.

A garden must combine the poetic and he mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.

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

Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.

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.

In the creation of a garden, the architect invites the partnership of the Kingdom of Nature. In a beautiful garden the majesty of nature is ever present, but it is nature reduced to human proportions and thus transformed into the most efficient haven against the aggressiveness of contemporary life.

A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.

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

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

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