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" 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

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" 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. "

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

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" Technology is far more than a method, it is a world in itself. As a method, it is superior in almost every respect. But only where it is left to itself, as in gigantic structures of engineering, there technology reveals its true nature. "

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

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" I discovered by working with actual glass models that the important thing is the play of reflections and not the effect of light and shadow, as in ordinary buildings. "

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

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" If there really is no new way to be found, we are not afraid to stick with the old one that we found previously. So, I do not make every building different. "

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" Every How is carried by a What. "

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" 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. "

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" In addition to the wishes of the client, the position, orientation, and size of the plot also play an important role in determining the final plan of the house. The 'where' and 'how' of the exterior then follows naturally from all of that. "

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" You can use up all the slums for new development. In all the cities of the world, there are large areas of these. Also, you can avoid the spread of these silly suburban houses. Chicago has thousands of them all over the place. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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" Architecture depends on its time. It is the crystallization of its inner structure, the slow unfolding of its form. "

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" It is not possible to go forward while looking back. "

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" God is in the details. "

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" The demands of the time for objectivity and functionality must be fulfilled. If that clearly happens, then the buildings of our day will convey the greatness of which the age is capable, and only a fool will maintain that they lack it. "

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" 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. "

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" You can teach students how to work; you can teach them technique - how to use reason; you can even give them a sense of proportions - of order. You can teach them general principles. "

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" The building art is, in reality, always the spatial execution of spiritual decisions. It is bound to its times and manifests itself only in addressing vital tasks with the means of its times. A knowledge of the times, its tasks, and its means is the necessary precondition of work in the building art. "

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" Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together. "

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

" Our utilitarian structures will mature into architecture only when, through their fulfillment of function, they become carriers of the will of the age. "

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" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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" If one limits to developing only the kitchen and bathroom as standardized rooms because of their installation, and then also decides to arrange the remaining living area with movable walls, I believe that any justified living requirements can be met. "

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

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" The tendency of our time is wholly oriented toward the secular. The efforts of the mystics will remain episodes. Despite a deepening of our conceptions of life, we will build no cathedrals. "

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