ARCHITECTURAL DICTUMS 02

Less is more, almost.

• Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe

• Lucio Costa

• Marcel Lajos Breuer

• Marcus Vitruvius Polio

I am neither a capitalist nor a socialist, I am not a religious or an atheist.

• Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe

• Lucio Costa

• Marcel Lajos Breuer

• Marcus Vitruvius Polio

Each one sees whatever he wishes to see.

• Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe

• Lucio Costa

• Marcel Lajos Breuer

• Marcus Vitruvius Polio

Architecture is a social art.

• Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe

• Lucio Costa

• Marcel Lajos Breuer

• Marcus Vitruvius Polio

Architecture must meet 3 requirements: Strength, Beauty, and Utilities.

• Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe

• Lucio Costa

• Marcel Lajos Breuer

• Marcus Vitruvius Polio

Architecture is a science arising out of many other sciences, and adorned with much and varied learning; by the help of which a judgment is formed of those works which are the result of other arts.

• Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe

• Lucio Costa

• Marcel Lajos Breuer

• Marcus Vitruvius Polio

The reality of a building is not the container but the space within.

• Frank Lloyd Wright

• Pierre Luigi Nervi

• Oscar Niemeyer

• Kenzo Tange

The architect is a molder of men, whether or not he consciously assumes responsibility.

• Frank Lloyd Wright

• Pierre Luigi Nervi

• Oscar Niemeyer

• Kenzo Tange

Nature spelled with a capital N the way you spell God with a capital G.

• Frank Lloyd Wright

• Pierre Luigi Nervi

• Oscar Niemeyer

• Kenzo Tange

Organic architecture: all parts are related to the whole as the whole was related to the parts; continuity and integrity.

• Frank Lloyd Wright

• Pierre Luigi Nervi

• Oscar Niemeyer

• Kenzo Tange