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

— Walter Gropius

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

In Architects on Architecture, Speech, Harvard Department of Architecture (Paul Heyer (ed.))

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.

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