Tag Archives: Function

Louis Sullivan’s Kindergarten Chats: Man’s Powers

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Shrikant R

Man’s powers mean simply, what man can do. As to his physical nature, man has the power of locomotion, of muscular control; the power to select and manipulate things; to surmount obstacles. Therefore is he by nature a wanderer, a … Continue reading →

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Kindergarten Chats by Louis Sullivan: Part 1

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Shrikant R

I am about one third of my way through the book. For readers’ convenience, Here are all my posts on the book so far. If you enjoy these posts, please subscribe to my blog using the “Email subscription” at the … Continue reading →

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Louis Sullivan’s Kindergarten Chats: Parasitism of Universities

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Shrikant R

1. Anyone who will take the trouble to investigate universities will shortly discover that, as institutions of learning, so-called, they are bankrupt. Not only are they useless to human aspiration, they are actively pernicious, and their theory of operation is … Continue reading →

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Louis Sullivan’s Kindergarten Chats: On Attention

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Shrikant R

Attention is the essence of our powers; it is that which draws other things towards us, it is that which, if we have lived with it, brings the experiences of our lives ready to our hand. If things make impression … Continue reading →

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Louis Sullivan’s Kindergarten Chats: On Imagination

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Shrikant R

While we may say that the imagination, in some of its aspects, seems superhuman, in others it is most beautifully human. If it implies the power to receive, it also implies the power to give. If it is as simple … Continue reading →

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Louis Sullivan’s Kindergarten Chats: An Architect

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Shrikant R

To half close your eyes is to belittle the creative power of man. Touch not with feeble finger the exuberant pulse of human life. The architecture we seek shall be as a man active, alert, supple, strong, sane. A generative … Continue reading →

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Louis Sullivan’s Kindergarten Chats: A Function Creates Its Own Form

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Shrikant R

1. In nature and in man’s work, there is the initiating pressure of a living force and a resultant structure or mechanism whereby such invisible force is made manifest and operative. The pressure, we call Function; the resultant, Form. Hence … Continue reading →

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