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

Luis Barragan

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Luis Barragan
Age: 86 †
Born: 1902
Born: March 9
Died: 1988
Died: November 22
Architect
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Urban Planner
Guadalajara
México
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Only in intimate communion with solitude may man find himself. Solitude is good company and my architecture is not for those who fear or shun it.
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Life deprived of beauty is not worthy of being called human.
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