Mario Botta

"A museum is a spiritual place. People lower their voices when they get close to art."

- Mario Botta

"The first gesture of an architect is to draw a perimeter; in other words, to separate the microclimate from the macro space outside. This in itself is a sacred act. Architecture in itself conveys this idea of limiting space. It’s a limit between the finite and the infinite. From this point of view, all architecture is sacred."

- Mario Botta