The British Library's Architect-Philosopher

Here's a marvellous article about the British Library's architect, the late Colin (Sandy) St John Wilson. It is full of quotable paragraphs, but I think I'll stick to this inspiring comment from the man himself:

A great library is like a coral reef whose exquisite structure as it grows proliferates a living network of connectedness, and its ramification is all of a piece, like knowledge itself - the knowledge that bridges the endless curiosity of the human mind, from the first pictogram to the latest microchip.

Do read the whole thing at The Guardian.

via Rare Book News

Comments

[Jill]

It really is a great quote and a great article. Thanks for bringing it to our attention!

[Sylvia]

Glad you liked it. :)