"Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space."
-Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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"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
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"I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good."
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