Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe More Quotes by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe More Quotes From 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. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe aimgoalspiritual We must have order, allocating to each thing its proper place and giving to each thing is due according to its nature. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe duesgivingorder Where can we find greater structural clarity than in the wooden buildings of the old. Where else can we find such unity of material, construction and form? Here the wisdom of whole generations is stored. What feelings for material and what power of expression there is in these buildings! What warmth and beauty they have! They seem to be echoes of old songs. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe echoesexpressionsong But what if we are dealing with fools? Ludwig Mies van der Rohe what-iffoolarchitecture The individual is losing significance; his destiny is no longer what interests us. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe individualdestinylosing Each material is only what we make it. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe materials Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe brickstogethertwo Architecture wrote the history of the epochs and gave them their names. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe architecturenames Let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe disciplinecreativestudents [In art], less is more. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe less-is-moreart Let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work. Let us lead them into the healthy world of primitive building methods, where there was meaning in every stroke of an axe, expression in every bite of chisel. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe disciplinecreativeexpression Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe dignitydesiremean Simply by not owning three medium-sized castles in Tuscany I have saved enough money in the last forty years on insurance premiums alone to buy a medium-sized castle in Tuscany. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe moneybusinessyears I see in industrialization the central problem of building in our time. If we succeed in carrying out this industrialization, the social, economic, technical, and also artistic problems will be readily solved. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe There's no place to put the furniture. I was born in a little village in Germany. I can dream and imagine this new world, but I can't live in it. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Education must lead us from the irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us from chance and arbitrariness to rational clarity and intellectual order. Therefore, let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe roaddisciplineeducationwork I especially remember that on All Souls Day, when so many people wanted new monuments for the graves, our whole family pitched in. I did the lettering on the stones, my brother did the carving, and my sisters put the finishing touches on them, the gold leaf and all that. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe dayfamilybrotherpeople It is not architectural achievement that makes the structures of earlier times seem to us so full of significance but the circumstance that antique temples, Roman basilicas, and even the cathedrals of the Middle Ages are not the works of single personalities but creations of entire epochs. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe antiqueussingleachievement Each material has its specific characteristics which we must understand if we want to use it. This is no less true of steel and concrete. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe trueunderstandsteelwant It is not possible to go forward while looking back. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe forwardlookingbackgolooking-back
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