“In 1912, when I was working in The Hague, I first saw a drawing by Lou...” — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Quote

“In 1912, when I was working in The Hague, I first saw a drawing by Louis Sullivan of one of his buildings. It interested me.”

“We refuse to recognize problems of form, but only problems of building. Form is not the aim of our work, but only the result. Form, by itself, does not exist. Form as an aim is formalism; and that we reject.”

“We should attempt to bring nature, houses, and human beings together in a higher unity.”

“Why, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves.”

“Every one of my buildings begins with an Italian journey.”

“Japan's humid and warm summer climate, as well as frequent earthquakes resulted in lightweight timber buildings raised off the ground that are resistant to earth tremors.”