Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quotes

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd Wright, he is regarded as one of the pioneers of modernist architecture.

Birth: March 27, 1886 - Death: August 17, 1969

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

God is in the details.

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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.

Topic(s): Values , Spiritual , Goal

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

I don’t want to be interesting. I want to be good.

Topic(s): Want , Art , Love

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The individual is losing significance; his destiny is no longer what interests us.

Topic(s): Individual , Interest , Losing

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

It is better to be good than to be original.

Topic(s): Originals , Be Good

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

Topic(s): Space , Design , Architecture

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Architecture is the real battleground of the spirit.

Topic(s): Real , Spirit , Architecture

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

God dwells in the details.

Topic(s): Attention , Details

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to create order out of the desperate confusion of our time.

Topic(s): Long , Goal , Creative

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

[In art], less is more.

Topic(s): Art , Less Is More

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

We must be as familiar with the functions of our building as with our materials. We must learn what a building can be, what it should be, and also what it must not be.

Topic(s): Should , Building , Materials

- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

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

Topic(s): Two , Together , Architecture

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