Good architecture should be a projection of life itself, and that implies an intimate knowledge of biological, social, technical, and artistic problems.
Interpretation
Good architecture reflects the complexities and nuances of life, integrating various aspects of human experience.
Walter Gropius emphasizes that architecture should not merely be a physical structure, but rather a reflection of the multifaceted nature of life itself. He argues that to create meaningful architectural designs, one must understand not just technical aspects but also the biological, social, and artistic elements that shape human interaction and experience.
In practice
Using this quote while giving a lecture on the importance of integrating life experiences in architectural education.
The ultimate aim of all artistic activity is building! ... Architects, sculptors, painters, we must all get back to craft! ... The artist is a heightened manifestation of the craftsman. ... Let us form ... a new guild of craftsmen without the class divisions that set out to raise an arrogant barrier between craftsmen and artists! ... Let us together create the new building of the future which will be all in one: architecture and sculpture and painting.
A modern building should derive its architectural significance solely from the vigour and consequence of its own organic proportions. It must be true to itself, logically transparent, and virginal of lies or trivialities.
The utilization of flat roofs as 'grounds' offers us a means of re-acclimatizing nature amidst the stony deserts of our great towns; for the plots from which she has been evicted to make room for buildings can be given back to her up aloft.
Architecture begins where engineering ends.
Today the arts exist in isolation, from which they can be rescued only through the conscious, cooperative effort of all craftsmen. 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.
With but a few exceptions, we don't have this personal study under masters any more. Craftsmanship has sunk very low. We no longer have any universally creative persons who are able to guide young learners not only in technical matters but also, at the same time, in a formal way.
There is something bigger than fact: the underlying spirit, all it stands for, the mood, the vastness, the wildness.
My music is mostly for the music. And it gives the liberty to do anything which I want. And nobody limits me to one genre of music. But I learn from life and I try to give back to life, in a way, whether it's the thought of the song or whether it's the approach to the arrangement or anything.
Animation is about creating the illusion of life. And you can't create it if you don't have one.
When music is crashing around us, when you hear the same five songs on the radio that aren't really saying much, we can always go back to great music. Great music always lives on.
It is the mission of art to remind man from time to time that he is human, and the time is ripe, just now, today, for such a reminder.
The laws of the colors are unutterably beautiful, just because they are not accidental.
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