9 Quotes By 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.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on alone

Less is more.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on architecture

Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on architecture

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on architecture

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on art

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.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on education

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on famous

I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on 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.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe on money