Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect.

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Less is more.

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

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Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

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

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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.

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

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God is in the details.

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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.

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