“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret:
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
OK, this post might not make any sense to my American friends but for many people around the world coming across this, they will be smiling inside, that I am sure of. In Northport, Long Island New York, exists a library that has on display a statue of "The Little Prince". If you follow this blog you will find another story from Northport, I covered , the Northport Power plant which I dedicated to Le Corbusier who I believe would have appreciated and been inspired by such a structure. What does this have to do with the Little Prince? Well the author who wrote "The Little Prince" Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900–1944) was also a French man who wrote most of this classic tale in Asharoken, (very near Northport) and not in France to my surprise. Was he a famous architect? No. Why is this so important to me and to a blog dedicated to architecture? Because this story has lessons to share especially with those who create for a living. This story tells us to never forget in the power of imagination, creativity, and to avoid conformity, in life and artistic expression. Some architects I suspect need such reminding.
The Northport Library has honored Saint-Expury and the Little Prince with a statue and now I honor them as well. I'm not going to write about the Little Prince or its author, you can easily google that, I'm just here to remind you and especially those who need to connect back to their creativity, it's closer than you think...even in architecture "the essential is invisible to the eye", a concept very few architects, if any, will understand.
Just like the Little Prince knew, imagination is the most important thing- just check out his perfect sheep, it's found in this box...
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| "This is only his box.The sheep you asked for is inside" |
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| The courtyard of the Northport Library |
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| Bridge above to the Library Entrance |
“All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
Catch the animated movie "The Little Prince" on Netflix, it's worth the watch.
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