Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes

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

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The individual is losing significance; his destiny is no longer what interests us.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The dear God is in the details.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Architecture wrote the history of the epochs and gave them their names.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children.

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Born: March 27, 1886

Died: August 17, 1969 (aged 83)

Bio: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-American architect. He is commonly referred to and was addressed as Mies, his surname.

Known for:

Barcelona Pavilion
Farnsworth House
Villa Tugendhat
Seagram Building
S. R. Crown Hall

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on Wikipedia

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