"The mind is like an umbrella. Its most…" — Walter Gropius

"The mind is like an umbrella. Its most useful when open."

— Walter Gropius

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15 Quotes by Walter Gropius

Walter Gropius has 15 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.
If your contribution has been vital there will always be somebody to pick up where you left off, and that…
We want to create the purely organic building, boldly emanating its inner laws, free of untruths or ornamentation.
The ultimate aim of all artistic activity is building! ... Architects, sculptors, painters, we must all get back to craft!…
A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of authentic democracy.
A modern building should derive its architectural significance solely from the vigour and consequence of its own organic proportions. It…
Society needs a good image of itself. That is the job of the architect.
Limitation makes the creative mind inventive.
Children should be introduced right from the start to the potentialities of their environment, to the physical and psychological laws…
Architects, painters, and sculptors must recognize anew and learn to grasp the composite character of a building both as an…
Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes.
Since art is dead in the actual life of civilized nations, it has been relegated to these grotesque morgues, museums.

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More Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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