Walter GropiusThinkers

Architecture is the visible sign of authentic democracy when it is modern, harmonic, and lively.

Architecture is that which begins where engineering ends.

Bauhaus is about creating the purely organic building, boldly emanating its inner laws, free of untruths or ornamentation.

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.

Limitation makes the creative mind inventive.

The Mind is like an umbrella. Its most useful when open.

Modern architecture should derive its architectural significance solely from the vigor and consequence of its own organic proportions. It must be true to itself, logically transparent, and virginal of lies or trivialities.

A Specialist is a person who always repeats the same mistakes.