Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

FightBetterYouDoneThingsClear

If one door is closed, break a window anyway.

Jidenna

DoorWindowBreakClosedAnyway

I work from a subjective palette.

Melvin Van Peebles

WorkPaletteSubjective

The times in my life I've felt the most alive is when I'm having a connection with people. We need to hack cities in a way to bring back that community culture.

John Zimmer

LifeCommunityCulturePeopleBack

Simply being a guest on David Letterman's show has been a highlight of my career. I never dreamed that I would follow in his footsteps, though everyone in late night follows Dave's lead. I'm thrilled and grateful that CBS chose me. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go grind a gap in my front teeth.

Stephen Colbert

GratefulMeNightYouCareerGrind

It's hard to say if actual places really affect the way you write.

Sufjan Stevens

YouSayPlacesWayWriteHard

The greatness of this country lies in how every single person can exercise their right to be himself or herself.

Tsai Ing-wen

GreatnessExerciseCountryPerson

My mother gave me a sense of independence, a sense of total confidence that we could do whatever it was we set out to do. That's how we were raised.

Robin Wright

MotherConfidenceMeMomWhatever

I taught a class about the Tony Awards at a summer theater camp the year after I graduated from high school. So, the first time I was nominated for 'Spring Awakening,' it felt like a surreal dream: it was every childhood dream I had come true. It felt like a fairy tale.

Jonathan Groff

TimeChildhoodSchoolSpringYear

A couple of compromises in a row and suddenly you're very far way from the person you thought you were.

Brit Marling

ThoughtYouPersonWayFarVery

I'm still an idealist. My manager is always trying to talk me out of it, but that's just the way I am.

Ariel Rechtshaid

I AmMeTryingManagerWayTalk

Most of my friends are straight dudes. I talk to them about girls. I don't talk to girls about girls; I don't talk to gay girls about girls.

Syd

FriendsGayTalkStraightMostThem

Living here where I live, on a farm way out in the countryside, in the woods, in fact, I have plenty of time to be alone, and I like it. I always have. I like my own company. And I am not the only one who feels this way; a high percentage of the Norwegian population feel as I do.

Per Petterson

LiveAloneTimeI AmWoodsFeel

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