Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.

Quote by Walter Gropius

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Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.

Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.

Architecture begins where engineering ends.

Architecture begins where engineering ends.

Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes.

Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes.

If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where...

If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where...

Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.

Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the...

Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity; From discord find harmony; In the...

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

Work is not man's punishment. It is his reward and his strength and his pleasure.

Work makes free

Work makes free

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.

The idle man does not know what it is to enjoy rest.

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

My father taught me to work; he did not teach me to love it. I...

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need

When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair.

When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair.

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives...

The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives...

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for...

It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Every man's work, whether it be literature or music or pictures or anything else, is...

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...

Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence...

I need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work.

I need so much time for doing nothing that I have no time for work.

Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this...

Everybody has something, that one thing they must do to feel happy. I think this...

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

To work hard, to live hard, to die hard, and then go to hell after...

Why do I like racing? I was too lazy to work and too chicken to...

Why do I like racing? I was too lazy to work and too chicken to...