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Quote#God & Faith

It cannot for a moment be doubted that an art work to be alive, to…

Quote byLouis Sullivan · 1856–1924

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Emotional Architecture as Compared to Intellectual (1894).

English (original)

It cannot for a moment be doubted that an art work to be alive, to awaken us to its life, to inspire us sooner or later with its purpose, must indeed be animate with a soul, must have been breathed upon by the spirit and must breathe in turn that spirit.

— Louis Sullivan

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