Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

• "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.“
• "Less is more.“
• "Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.“
• "Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.“
• "I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.“
• "True education is concerned not only with practical goals but also with values. Our aims assure us of our material life, our values make possible our spiritual life.“
• "A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.“
• "I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.“
• "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.“

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