How Can We Expect Our Students To

The Bauhaus Fights Imitation, Inferior Craftsmanship And Artistic Dilettantism

Architects, Painters, And Sculptors Must Recognize Anew And Learn To Grasp The Composite Character Of A Building Both As An Entity And In Its Separate Parts. Only Then Will Their Work Be Imbued With The Architectonic Spirit . . .

However Often The Thread May Be Torn Out Of Your Hands, You Must Develop Enough Patience To Wind It Up Again And Again.

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.

How Can We Expect Our Students To Become Bold And Fearless In Thought And Action If We Encase Them In Sentimental Shrines Feigning A Culture Which Has Long Since Disappeared?