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“The mind is like an umbrella - it functions best when open.”

“Bauhaus in America is a documentary film made in 1995 that reveals the influence of Gropius and others on American design and architecture.”

“The ultimate goal of all visual artistic activity is construction! Architects, painters and sculptors must learn again to know and understand the multi-faceted form of building in its entirety as well as its parts. Only then will they of their own accord fill their works with the architectonic spirit they have lost in the art of the salon. Let us establish a new guild of craftsmen without the presumption of class distinctions building a wall of arrogance between craftsmen and artists. Together let us call for, devise and create the construction of the future, comprising everything in one form: architecture, sculpture and painting.”

“A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of an authentic democracy.”

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