First You Have To Learn

The Individual Is Losing Significance; His Destiny Is No Longer What Interests Us.

Never Talk To A Client About Architecture. Talk To Him About His Children.

Where Can We Find Greater Structural Clarity Than In The Wooden Buildings Of The Old. Where Else Can We Find Such Unity Of Material, Construction And Form? Here The Wisdom Of Whole Generations Is Stored. What Feelings For Material And What Power Of Expression There Is In These Buildings! What Warmth And Beauty They Have! They Seem To Be Echoes Of Old Songs.

We Must Remember That Everything Depends On How We Use A Material, Not On The Material Itself... New Materials Are Not Necessarily Superior. Each Material Is Only What We Make It.

Let Us Guide Our Students Over The Road Of Discipline From Materials, Through Function, To Creative Work. Let Us Lead Them Into The Healthy World Of Primitive Building Methods, Where There Was Meaning In Every Stroke Of An Axe, Expression In Every Bite Of Chisel.