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[In art], less is more.

[In art], less is more.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Art, Less Is More

Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Two, Together, Bricks

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

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Destiny, Losing, Individual
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1970). “Mies van der Rohe”

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

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Names, Architecture
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Moisés Puente (2008). “Conversations with Mies Van Der Rohe”, p.9, Princeton Architectural Press

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

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Mean, Desire, Dignity

Let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Discipline, Creative, Students

Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Children, Clients, Architecture
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Moisés Puente (2008). “Conversations with Mies Van Der Rohe”, p.17, Princeton Architectural Press

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
Expression, Discipline, Creative

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
Money, Business, Years

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