Quotes by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Explore a curated collection of 24 quotes by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

I hope you will understand that architecture has nothing to do with the inventions of forms. It is not a playground for — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space. Living, Changing, New. Not yesterday, not tomorrow, only tod — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
God is in the details. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
We should attempt to bring nature, houses, and human beings together in a higher unity. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
It must be understood that every architecture is bound to its time and manifests itself only in vital tasks and through — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Our utilitarian structures will mature into architecture only when, through their fulfillment of function, they become c — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Wherever technology reaches its real fulfillment, it transcends into architecture. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Architecture begins when you place two bricks carefully together. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The problem of architecture has always been the same throughout time. Its authentic quality is reached through its propo — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Architecture depends on facts, but its real field of activity lies in the realm of the significance. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Never talk to a client about architecture. Talk to him about his children. That is simply good politics. he will not und — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Architecture depends on its time. It is the crystallization of its inner structure, the slow unfolding of its form. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Not yesterday, not tomorrow, only today can be given form. Only this architecture creates. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Architecture is always the will of the age conceived as space - nothing else. Until this simple truth is clearly recogni — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Education must lead us from the irresponsible opinion to true responsible judgment. It must lead us from chance and arbi — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
The building art is, in reality, always the spatial execution of spiritual decisions. It is bound to its times and manif — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
What finally is beauty? Certainly nothing that can be calculated or measured. It is always something imponderable, somet — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe