American - Architect | March 27, 1886 - August 17, 1969
Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
ValueDignityDesireMustOurMeans
I do not think it is an advantage to build planned packaged houses. If you prefabricate a house completely, it becomes an unnecessary restriction.
ThinkYouHouseBuildPlanned
I think that an industrial process is not like a rubber stamp. Everything has to be put together and, as such, should have its own expression.
TogetherThinkProcessEverything
Most of our designs are developed long before there is a practical possibility of carrying them out. I do that on purpose and have done it all my life. I do it when I am interested in something.
LifePurposeI AmMy LifeLongDone
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.
GoodChildrenTimeArchitectureYou
It took me a long time to understand the relationship between ideas and between objective facts. But after I clearly understood this relationship, I didn't fool around with other wild ideas. That is one of the main reasons why I just make my scheme as simple as possible.
RelationshipTimeSimpleFoolIdeas
It is no use working with other architects. What can they do? Who does what?
WorkingWhoOtherUseArchitects
What would life be like if everybody insisted you must have actually built such-and-such a thing by yourself? I'd be an old man and have nothing to show for the aging.
LifeManYourselfAgingOld ManYou
After my time in Holland, an inner battle ensued in which I tried to free myself from the influence of Schinkelesque classicism.
TimeMyselfInfluenceFreeBattle
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.
TimeSpaceBuildingsImportantGroup
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.
BuildingNewWayOldAfraidNew Way
When it becomes economically possible, building will become montage.
BuildingWillBecomePossible
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