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Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: We must have order, allocating to each thing its proper place and giving to each thing is due according to its nature.

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 quotes: Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.

Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together.

Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: I thought a lot and I controlled my thoughts in my work - and I controlled my work through my thoughts.

I thought a lot and I controlled my thoughts in my work - and I controlled my work through my thoughts.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: 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 quotes: 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 quotes: The unformed is not worse than the over-formed. The former is nothing; the latter is mere appearance. Real form presupposes real life.

The unformed is not worse than the over-formed. The former is nothing; the latter is mere appearance. Real form presupposes real life.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: God dwells in the details.

God dwells in the details.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: I do not oppose form, but only form as a goal.

I do not oppose form, but only form as a goal.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: Industrialization of the building trade is a question of material. Hence the demand for a new building material is the first prerequisite.

Industrialization of the building trade is a question of material. Hence the demand for a new building material is the first prerequisite.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: We should attempt to bring nature, houses, and human beings together in a higher unity.

We should attempt to bring nature, houses, and human beings together in a higher unity.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: Not yesterday, not tomorrow, only today can be given form. Only this architecture creates.

Not yesterday, not tomorrow, only today can be given form. Only this architecture creates.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: After my time in Holland, an inner battle ensued in which I tried to free myself from the influence of Schinkelesque classicism.

After my time in Holland, an inner battle ensued in which I tried to free myself from the influence of Schinkelesque classicism.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: Every How is carried by a What.

Every How is carried by a What.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: It is no use working with other architects. What can they do? Who does what?

It is no use working with other architects. What can they do? Who does what?

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: In 1912, when I was working in The Hague, I first saw a drawing by Louis Sullivan of one of his buildings. It interested me.

In 1912, when I was working in The Hague, I first saw a drawing by Louis Sullivan of one of his buildings. It interested me.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: What finally is beauty? Certainly nothing that can be calculated or measured. It is always something imponderable, something that lies between things.

What finally is beauty? Certainly nothing that can be calculated or measured. It is always something imponderable, something that lies between things.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: Architecture has the power to create order out of unholy confusion.

Architecture has the power to create order out of unholy confusion.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: You cannot save wonderful towns. You can only save wonderful towns by building new ones.

You cannot save wonderful towns. You can only save wonderful towns by building new ones.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: It is better to be good than to be original,

It is better to be good than to be original,

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: I do not think it is an advantage to build planned packaged houses. If you prefabricate a house completely, it becomes an unnecessary restriction.

I do not think it is an advantage to build planned packaged houses. If you prefabricate a house completely, it becomes an unnecessary restriction.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: 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.

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 quotes: 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 quotes: The idea of service leads to community.

The idea of service leads to community.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: 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 quotes: We have to know that life cannot be changed by us. It will be changed. But not by us. We can only guide the things that can cause physical change.

We have to know that life cannot be changed by us. It will be changed. But not by us. We can only guide the things that can cause physical change.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: When it becomes economically possible, building will become montage.

When it becomes economically possible, building will become montage.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: Generally, I think my work has so much influence because of its reasonableness.

Generally, I think my work has so much influence because of its reasonableness.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: It must be possible to solve the task of controlling nature and yet simultaneously create a new freedom.

It must be possible to solve the task of controlling nature and yet simultaneously create a new freedom.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: The architect must get to know the people who will live in the planned house. From their needs, the rest inevitably follows.

The architect must get to know the people who will live in the planned house. From their needs, the rest inevitably follows.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: I really don't know the Chicago School. You see, I never walk. I always take taxis back and forth to work. I rarely see the city.

I really don't know the Chicago School. You see, I never walk. I always take taxis back and forth to work. I rarely see the city.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: It is much better to have just one idea, and if the idea is clear, then you can fight for it. That is how you can get things done.

It is much better to have just one idea, and if the idea is clear, then you can fight for it. That is how you can get things done.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: The building art is man's spatial dialogue with his environment and demonstrates how he asserts himself therein and how he masters it.

The building art is man's spatial dialogue with his environment and demonstrates how he asserts himself therein and how he masters it.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: No design is possible until the materials with which you design are completely understood

No design is possible until the materials with which you design are completely understood

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: The individual is losing significance; his destiny is no longer what interests us.

The individual is losing significance; his destiny is no longer what interests us.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: I think that an industrial process is not like a rubber stamp. Everything has to be put together and, as such, should have its own expression.

I think that an industrial process is not like a rubber stamp. Everything has to be put together and, as such, should have its own expression.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: Architecture wrote the history of the epochs and gave them their names.

Architecture wrote the history of the epochs and gave them their names.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: But what if we are dealing with fools?

But what if we are dealing with fools?

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: Create form out of the nature of the task with the means of our time. This is our work.

Create form out of the nature of the task with the means of our time. This is our work.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: 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 quotes: Architecture is a language. When you are very good, you can be a poet

Architecture is a language. When you are very good, you can be a poet

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: 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.

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 quotes: First you have to learn to do something, then you can go out and do it.

First you have to learn to do something, then you can go out and do it.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: It is not possible to go forward while looking back.

It is not possible to go forward while looking back.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: Behrens had a great sense of the great form. that was his main interest; and that I certainly understood and learned from him.

Behrens had a great sense of the great form. that was his main interest; and that I certainly understood and learned from him.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: Architecture is the will of the age conceived in spatial terms.

Architecture is the will of the age conceived in spatial terms.

Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe quotes: Wherever technology reaches its real fulfillment, it transcends into architecture.

Wherever technology reaches its real fulfillment, it transcends into architecture.