Art itself cannot be taught, but craftsmanship can. Architects, painters, sculptors are all craftsmen in the original sense of the word. Thus it is a fundamental requirement of all artistic creativity that every student undergo a thorough training in the workshops of all branches of the crafts.
Limitation makes the creative mind inventive. - Walter Gropius
Limitation makes the creative mind inventive.
- 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, necessary f… - 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, necessary f…
Art itself cannot be taught, but craftsmanship can. Architects, painters, sculptors are all craftsmen in the original sense of the word. Thus it is a… - Walter Gropius
Art itself cannot be taught, but craftsmanship can. Architects, painters, sculptors are all craftsmen in the original sense of the word. Thus it is a…
The mind is like an umbrella. Its most useful when open. - Walter Gropius
The mind is like an umbrella. Its most useful when open.
The ultimate aim of all artistic activity is building! ... Architects, sculptors, painters, we must all get back to craft! ... The artist is a height… - Walter Gropius
The ultimate aim of all artistic activity is building! ... Architects, sculptors, painters, we must all get back to craft! ... The artist is a height…
Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning. - Walter Gropius
Only work which is the product of inner compulsion can have spiritual meaning.
We want to create the purely organic building, boldly emanating its inner laws, free of untruths or ornamentation. - Walter Gropius
We want to create the purely organic building, boldly emanating its inner laws, free of untruths or ornamentation.
The Bauhaus fights imitation, inferior craftsmanship and artistic dilettantism - Walter Gropius
The Bauhaus fights imitation, inferior craftsmanship and artistic dilettantism
A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of authentic democracy. - Walter Gropius
A modern, harmonic and lively architecture is the visible sign of authentic democracy.
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