quote, p. 384
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The purpose of architecture is to transmute the emptiness into space, that is into something which our minds can grasp as an organized unity.
— El Lissitsky
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Source: Wikiquote: "El Lissitsky" (Quotes: sorted chronologically, by date of El Lissitzky's quotes, posthumous publications, El Lissitzky, El Lissitzky : Life, Letters, Texts (1967; 1980): Quotes from: El Lissitzky : Life, Letters, Texts, by El Lissitzky; ed. Sophie Lissitzky-Küppers; Thames & Hudson, 1968)
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About El Lissitsky
Lazar Markovich Lissitzky Лазарь Маркович Лисицкий (November 23, 1890 – December 30, 1941), more famous as El Lissitzky Эль Лисицкий, was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer, and architect. He was an active protagonist of Russian Constructivism.
About El Lissitsky
Lazar Markovich Lissitzky Лазарь Маркович Лисицкий (November 23, 1890 – December 30, 1941), more famous as El Lissitzky Эль Лисицкий, was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, teacher, typographer, and architect. He was an active protagonist of Russian Constructivism.
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