Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: architect
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 27, 1886 - August 17, 1969

Topics

AgeTruthSimpleArchitectureSpace

Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation.

Ang Lee

MotivationEmotionsServeCharacters

The best work is not what is most difficult for you; it is what you do best.

Jean-Paul Sartre

WorkBestYouDifficultMost

I miss England. I miss the weather. I've spent moss of the last 25 years on tour. I'm ready to come home.

Sting

HomeWeatherReadyYearsMissMoss

With the success of 'Spiderwick,' it's allowed me to be able to have the freedom to really be able to tell the stories that I really wanted to tell, that I've always wanted to tell.

Tony DiTerlizzi

SuccessFreedomMeAlwaysTellAble

I did a few documentaries as co-director and cameraman. I started off shooting a film about the war in Rhodesia. Then I did a film about an 'around the world' yacht race with a friend, and we spent nine months on a yacht. The film was about how people get on in confined spaces under extreme stress.

Roger Deakins

FriendStressWarPeopleWorldRace

You can't live in the past, there's nothing you can do about it.

Martina Navratilova

LivePastYouNothingIn The Past

Conditioning is the most important thing in MMA.

Mirko Cro Cop

ImportantMMAThe Most ImportantMost

People are genuinely excited about taking the country in another direction.

Mitch McConnell

PeopleDirectionCountryExcited

If I wanted to do wrong, I could not.

Louis Bonaparte

WrongWantedCould

I don't think anybody ever makes any money buying and selling stock. They have to make money by keeping the stock.

Donald Sultan

MoneyThinkSellingBuyingAnybody

Guys dropped their families and followed Him... When I read of Christ and the Apostles, I see mind control at work to an extent.

David Thibodeau

WorkMindControlHimSeeI See

I not only couldn't read but often couldn't hear or understand what was being said to me - by the time I'd processed the beginning of a sentence, the teacher was well on her way through a second or third.

Philip Schultz

TeacherTimeBeginningMeUnderstand

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