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Bauhaus Quotes

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"The principles of Bauhaus certainly battled the status quo but also did it with some underlying purpose."
"Bauhaus design is form follows function."
"The movement that we know in design and architecture as the Bauhaus even today 90 years later there's something wonderfully joyous wonderfully modern about Bauhaus design."
"The new wave movement combined the functionalism of the Bauhaus, energy of constructivism, and the rigor of Swiss modernism."
"I just love the looks of this thing, it kind of has that very Bauhaus, a little bit more modern in its approach."
"The Bauhaus program meant the rethinking of every manufactured object, not just buildings."
"Whenever someone stops and asks you about your watch, you can say this is Bauhaus design."
"The Bauhaus was responsible for a totally different design aesthetic from which we all benefit today."
"Born from the austere and form follows function design aesthetic of the Bauhaus school."
"A quintessential Bauhaus-inspired wristwatch, this German-made Max Bill is much loved among watch enthusiasts but also students of design."
"I'm from the Bauhaus school of, you know, form follows function."
"Behind this low-key facade are classic Bauhaus innovations."
"She experimented with interrupted stripes, which became a hallmark of Bauhaus style later on."
"She's always seen next to her great friend Oscar Schlemmer, an exceptional friendship documented in many, many letters."
"At the Bauhaus, we were spoiled for friendship."
"It's a complete expression of the Bauhaus theories: their geometrical shapes, industrial materials, there's no concession to decoration or frivolity here."
"Her work at the Bauhaus satisfies all of the expectations of a Bauhaus object; they are celebrations of basic geometry but they transcend the basic geometry to become really beautiful, charming, complex finished objects."
"Form follows function, that is pretty much the Bauhaus philosophy."
"One of the true representations of Bauhaus principles in a wristwatch."
"The Bauhaus seemed to be a symbol of renewed hope and recovered vitality."
"The Bauhaus movement... aimed to reconcile art and crafts to create a new industrial aesthetic."
"The Bauhaus isn't an easy building to understand at first; one cannot immediately comprehend its form, meaning, and motion."
"The Bauhaus cannot be comprehended from a single angle; the building requires movement to be understood."
"At the Bauhaus, we attempt to determine the form of each object according to its functions and natural constraints."
"The Bauhaus years were the years of greatest technical variety and invention of form for Klee."
"It's one of the purest expressions of that Bauhaus theory: geometrical shapes, industrial materials, no concession to decoration or frivolity."
"Nomos is a brand that is very much inspired by Bauhaus design philosophy."