Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes about Architecture

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

Architecture, Language, Poet

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

Order, Confusion, Architecture

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

Age, Architecture, Spatial

1922 De Stijl, vol.6.

Architecture is the real battleground of the spirit.

Real, Spirit, Architecture

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

But what if we are dealing with fools?

What If, Fool, Architecture

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

Names, Architecture

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

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

Children, Clients, Architecture

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