Karl Friedrich Schinkel
A Prussian architect, city planner, and painter who designed many prominent buildings in Berlin, including the Altes Museum.
Quotes by Karl Friedrich Schinkel
Architecture is the art of building beautifully.
The purpose of art is to elevate the spirit.
Every building should be a poem in stone.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
Form follows function, but beauty follows both.
The architect must be a poet, a painter, and a sculptor.
True art is always modern.
Light is the most important element in architecture.
A building should speak to the soul.
The highest aim of art is to express the divine.
Nature is the greatest teacher of all.
Every detail matters.
Architecture is frozen music.
The past is a guide, not a prison.
To build well is to serve humanity.
The spirit of an age is reflected in its buildings.
Harmony is the essence of beauty.
An architect must understand the human condition.
The true artist creates not for himself, but for the world.
Great architecture is timeless.