You say to a brick, 'What do you want, brick?' And brick says to you, 'I like an … - Louis Kahn

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I have a great deal of sympathy for reluctant readers because I was one. I would do anything to avoid reading. In my case, it wasn't until I was 13 and discovered the 'Lord of the Rings' that I learned to love reading.

Louis Kahn

You say to a brick, 'What do you want, brick?' And brick says to you, 'I like an arch. ' And you say to brick, 'Look, I want one, too, but arches are expensive and I can use a concrete lintel. ' And then you say: 'What do you think of that, brick?' Brick says: 'I like an arch. '

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Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.

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The person of old had the same brilliance of mind that we assume we have now. But that which made a thing become manifest for the first time is our great moment of creative happening.

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