We must be as familiar with the functions of our building as with our materials. We must learn what a building can be, what it should be, and also what it must not be. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe More Quotes by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe More Quotes From Ludwig Mies van der Rohe No design is possible until the materials with which you design are completely understood Ludwig Mies van der Rohe understood materials design Architecture is a language. When you are very good, you can be a poet Ludwig Mies van der Rohe poet architecture language Less is more. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe less-is-more writing God is in the details. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe learning educational god Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe bricks together two Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children. That is simply good politics. He will not understand what you have to say about architecture most of the time. An architect of ability should be able to tell a client what he wants. Most of the time a client never knows what he wants. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe able want children We must remember that everything depends on how we use a material, not on the material itself... New materials are not necessarily superior. Each material is only what we make it. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe materials use remember A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe easier fame art Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe bad-ass badass space Architecture has the power to create order out of unholy confusion. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe architecture confusion order It is better to be good than to be original. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe be-good originals I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe family happiness love If teaching has any purpose, it is to implant true insight and responsibility. Education must lead us from irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgement. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe responsibility teaching order Architecture is the will of the age conceived in spatial terms. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe spatial architecture age The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to create order out of the desperate confusion of our time. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe confusion goal order And just as we acquaint ourselves with materials, just as we must understand functions, so we must become familiar with the psychological and spiritual factors of our day. No cultural activity is possible otherwise; for we are dependent on the spirit of our time. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe function psychological spiritual First you have to learn to do something, then you can go out and do it. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe learning education firsts Architecture is the real battleground of the spirit. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe architecture real spirit God dwells in the details. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe details attention 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 aim goal spiritual
