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An architect, to be a true exponent of his time, must possess first,…

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)

An architect, to be a true exponent of his time, must possess first, last and always the sympathy, the intuition of a poet … this is the one real, vital principle that survives through all places and all times.

— Louis Sullivan

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