It must be understood that every architecture is bound to its time and manifests itself only in vital tasks and through the materials of its age. It has never been otherwise. 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 understoodmaterialsdesign Architecture is a language. When you are very good, you can be a poet Ludwig Mies van der Rohe poetarchitecturelanguage Less is more. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe less-is-morewriting God is in the details. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe learningeducationalgod Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe brickstogethertwo 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 ablewantchildren 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 materialsuseremember A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe easierfameart 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 functionbuildingshould Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe bad-assbadassspace Architecture has the power to create order out of unholy confusion. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe architectureconfusionorder It is better to be good than to be original. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe be-goodoriginals I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe familyhappinesslove 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 responsibilityteachingorder Architecture is the will of the age conceived in spatial terms. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe spatialarchitectureage 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 confusiongoalorder 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 functionpsychologicalspiritual First you have to learn to do something, then you can go out and do it. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe learningeducationfirsts Architecture is the real battleground of the spirit. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe architecturerealspirit God dwells in the details. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe detailsattention
