“Architecture wrote the history of the epochs and gave them their names.”
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Famous Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes
Source: Conversations with Mies Van Der Rohe
“Architecture is the real battleground of the spirit.”
Source: Conversations with Mies Van Der Rohe
“Architecture is the will of the age conceived in spatial terms.”
“Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children.”
Source: Conversations with Mies Van Der Rohe
“Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together.”
Source: Conversations with Mies Van Der Rohe
“I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good.”
Source: Conversations with Mies Van Der Rohe
“Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.”
Source: Mies van der Rohe: architecture and design in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno
“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.”
“Architecture has the power to create order out of unholy confusion.”
“Architecture is a language. When you are very good, you can be a poet”
