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"Form as a goal always ends in formalism. For this striving is directed not towards an inside, but to..." — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Form as a goal always ends in formalism. For this striving is directed not towards an inside, but towards an outside. But only a living inside has a living outside.
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