If one limits to developing only the kitchen and bathroom as standardized rooms because of their installation, and then also decides to arrange the remaining living area with movable walls, I believe that any justified living requirements can be met. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Read Quote
1926 was the most significant year. Looking back, it seems that it was not just a year in the sense of time. It was a year of great realisation or awareness. It seems to me that at certain times of the history of man, the understanding of certain situations ripens. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Read Quote
It must be possible to solve the task of controlling nature and yet simultaneously create a new freedom. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Read Quote
I really don’t know the Chicago School. You see, I never walk. I always take taxis back and forth to work. I rarely see the city. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Read Quote
In 1912, when I was working in The Hague, I first saw a drawing by Louis Sullivan of one of his buildings. It interested me. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Read Quote
Technology is far more than a method, it is a world in itself. As a method, it is superior in almost every respect. But only where it is left to itself, as in gigantic structures of engineering, there technology reveals its true nature. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Read Quote
Create form out of the nature of the task with the means of our time. This is our work. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Read Quote
Industrialization of the building trade is a question of material. Hence the demand for a new building material is the first prerequisite. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Read Quote
The unformed is not worse than the over-formed. The former is nothing; the latter is mere appearance. Real form presupposes real life. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Read Quote
Just as we acquaint ourselves with materials, and just as we must understand functions, we must become familiar with the psychological and spiritual factors of the day. No cultural activity is possible otherwise, for we are dependent on the spirit of our time. Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Read Quote
