Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

"The new era is a fact; it exists, irrespective of our approval or disapproval. It is a spiritual fact, and it is our task to recognize it and to find its true meaning."

— from G, no. 1, 1923

"I believe that architecture has little to do with the invention of interesting forms or with personal taste. Its real task is to give form to the life of its time."

— from Speech at the Illinois Institute of Technology, 1950

"If we succeed in raising this industrial production to the level of a valid building form, then the social, economic, and technical problems will also be solved."

— from G magazine article, 1924