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It is not possible to go forward while looking back.

~Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

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Architecture depends on its time. It is the crystallization of its inner structure, the slow unfolding of its form.

~Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

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Less is more.

~Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

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

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Architecture is always the will of the age conceived as space - nothing else. Until this simple truth is clearly recognized, the struggle over the foundation of a new architecture confident in its aims and powerful in its impact cannot be realized; until then, it is destined to remain a chaos of uncoordinated forces.

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God is in the details.

~Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

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Each material has its specific characteristics which we must understand if we want to use it. This is no less true of steel and concrete.

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Nothing can express the aim and meaning of our work better than the profound words of St. Augustine - 'Beauty is the splendor of Truth.'

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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.

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Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Architect

Born: March 27th, 1886

Died: August 17th, 1969

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