How we cite our quotes: (Book.Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
"Setting […] is accidental. Either a building is part of a place, or it is not. Once that kinship is there, time will only make it stronger." (9.2.16)
Father Latour hires a young architect from Europe to come to New Mexico and design a Cathedral for the town of Santa Fe. It's actually the young architect who has to explain to Latour that a building has to become a part of its surroundings in order to become great, and this is something that can only be accomplished when a building stands for a long time. It's as if the building and the landscape need to get used to each other.