Author: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Architecture depends on its time. It is the crystallization of its inner structure, the slow unfolding of its form.

Architecture depends on its time. It is the crystallization of its inner structure, the slow unfolding of its form.

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Architecture depends on facts, but its real field of activity lies in the realm of the significance.

Architecture depends on facts, but its real field of activity lies in the realm of the significance.

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together.

Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together.

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Nothing can express the aim and meaning of our work better than the profound words of St. Augustine - 'Beauty is the splendor of Truth.'

Nothing can express the aim and meaning of our work better than the profound words of St. Augustine - 'Beauty is the splendor of Truth.'

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.

True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. Living, Changing, New. Not yesterday, not tomorrow, only today can be given form. Only such architecture is creative.

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. Living, Changing, New. Not yesterday, not tomorrow, only today can be given form. Only such architecture is creative.

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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