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Quote by Louis Kahn
Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece

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. – Louis Kahn

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Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love. – Louis Kahn

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