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.

Quote by Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe

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The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to...

The long path from material through function to creative work has only one goal: to...

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

God is in the details.

God is in the details.

If teaching has any purpose, it is to implant true insight and responsibility. Education must...

If teaching has any purpose, it is to implant true insight and responsibility. Education must...

Less is more.

Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.

Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.

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

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

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

Architecture is the will of an epoch translated into space.

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

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

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles,...

All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

Art is a jealous mistress, and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry,...

A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as...

A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as...

In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The...

In architecture as in all other operative arts, the end must direct the operation. The...

An important work of architecture will create polemics.

An important work of architecture will create polemics.

Architects believe that not only do they sit at the right hand of God, but...

Architects believe that not only do they sit at the right hand of God, but...

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Architecture is the art of how to waste space.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

Fashion is architecture: it is a matter of proportions.

A bicycle shed is a building; Lincoln Cathedral is a piece of architecture.

A bicycle shed is a building; Lincoln Cathedral is a piece of architecture.

[It is] the most hideous waterfront structure ever inflicted on a city by a combination...

[It is] the most hideous waterfront structure ever inflicted on a city by a combination...