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> [Since art is dead in the actual life of civilized nations, it has been relegated to these grotesque morgues, museums.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/since-art-is-dead-in-the-actual-life-of-civilized-nations-it-has-been/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

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## More by Walter Gropius

> [Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/our-guiding-principle-was-that-design-is-neither-an-intellectual-nor/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

> [I feel very German - and who can make himself a judge over what is German and what is not - in my ideas…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/i-feel-very-german-and-who-can-make-himself-a-judge-over-what-is/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

> [Wherever I go I make others feel good, and by doing this, I create life. I am a sting, and a dangerous instrument!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/wherever-i-go-i-make-others-feel-good-and-by-doing-this-i-create-life/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

> [The general public, formerly profoundly indifferent to everything to do with building, has been shaken out of its torpor; personal interest in architecture as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/the-general-public-formerly-profoundly-indifferent-to-everything-to/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

> [Theo van Doesburg wanted to teach in the Bauhaus in 1922. I refused, however, to appoint him since I considered him to be too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/theo-van-doesburg-wanted-to-teach-in-the-bauhaus-in-1922-i-refused/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

> [A modern building should derive its architectural significance solely from the vigour and consequence of its own organic proportions. It must be true to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/a-modern-building-should-derive-its-architectural-significance-solely/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

> [Architects, painters, and sculptors must recognize anew and learn to grasp the composite character of a building both as an entity and in its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/architects-painters-and-sculptors-must-recognize-anew-and-learn-to/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

> [The ultimate, if distant, aim of the Bauhaus is the unified work of art - the great structure - in which there is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/the-ultimate-if-distant-aim-of-the-bauhaus-is-the-unified-work-of-art/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

> [The Bauhaus strives to bring together all creative effort into one whole, to reunify all the disciplines of practical art - sculpture, painting, handicrafts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/the-bauhaus-strives-to-bring-together-all-creative-effort-into-one/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

> [As there is in Germany - as well as in Russia and Italy - no art which is not approved of by the government,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/as-there-is-in-germany-as-well-as-in-russia-and-italy-no-art-which-is/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

> [Let us together create the new building of the future, which will be everything in one form: architecture and sculpture and painting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/let-us-together-create-the-new-building-of-the-future-which-will-be/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

> [Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/each-person-feels-that-he-is-an-expert-in-one-or-two-fields-and-just/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

> [We are in the midst of a momentous catastrophe of world history, of a transformation of all aspects of life and of the entire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/we-are-in-the-midst-of-a-momentous-catastrophe-of-world-history-of-a/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

> [The fear that individuality will be crushed out by the growing 'tyranny' of standardization is the sort of myth which cannot withstand the briefest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/the-fear-that-individuality-will-be-crushed-out-by-the-growing/)

[Walter Gropius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-gropius/)

> [The problem of the minimum dwelling is that of establishing the elementary minimum of space, air, light, and heat required by man in order…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-gropius/the-problem-of-the-minimum-dwelling-is-that-of-establishing-the/)

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