Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

#good #i #interesting #want

Less is more. ↗

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

#less #less is more #more

Less is more! ↗

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

#architecture

God is in the details. ↗

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

#god

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. ↗

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

#also #assure #concerned #education #goals

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

#buy #castle #castles #enough #forty

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

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

#chair #difficult #easier #famous #object

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

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

#begins #bricks #carefully #put #starts

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

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

#dignity #ends #means #must #our

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. ↗

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

#epoch #into #space #translated #will