Walter Gropius Quotes & Sayings

“Architecture begins where engineering ends.”

“Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society.”

“Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes.”

“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 will be your claim to immortality.”