Top 81 Quotes by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

About Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

These are some quotes by American author Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Architect, who lived between March 27, 1886 and August 17, 1969.

When one looks at Nature through the glass walls of the Farnsworth House, it takes on a deeper significance than when one stands outside. More of Nature is thus expressed - it becomes part of a greater whole.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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

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

Architecture is always the will of the age conceived as space - nothing else. Until this simple truth is clearly recognized, the struggle over the foundation of a new architecture confident in its aims and powerful in its impact cannot be realized; until then, it is destined to remain a chaos of uncoordinated forces.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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.

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

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

Form as a goal always ends in formalism. For this striving is directed not towards an inside, but towards an outside. But only a living inside has a living outside.

Form as a goal always ends in formalism. For this striving is directed not towards an inside, but towards an outside. But only a living inside has a living outside.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Modern buildings of our time are so huge that one must group them. Often the space between these buildings is as important as the buildings themselves.

Modern buildings of our time are so huge that one must group them. Often the space between these buildings is as important as the buildings themselves.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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

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

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