Less is more.
—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Topics: Design, Property, Possessions
Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.
—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Topics: Architecture
God is in the details.
—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Topics: Excellence
Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.
—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Topics: Design, Architecture
A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.
—Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Topics: Architecture
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
Topics: Money
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