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I will talk about civilization. But after a while, I thought that was a very ambiguous title. It could mean a lot, it could mean the whole history of civilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, what is civilization? I think it is a state of a social culture marked by advances in all the world of men. It sounds like a description out of the dictionary. I know that. But to talk about civilization in the world would take a long, long time. I would not give talks on civilization in a semester. You can imagine that I cannot talk much here about that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.<\/p>Mies Van Der Rohe<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

My definition of civilization was not a full one. There is no question that the advance in science, and I have seen it at least for more than 50 years, and I have seen it advance rapidly and in the opposite I got the impression that these things become so strong in itself that they go on forever, and that the main problem would be to be able to guide these things a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And that is again the question of civilization. The question if we can educate ourselves enough and not to become able to regulate things because otherwise will go out of hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And it, it is you, you have to build up this civilization. You have to build up the world you want to live in. And nobody else can do it for you. I have one more thing to say: Don\u2019t worry about success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I always tell my students, \u201cSuccess is just the by-product of good, simple and honest work.\u201d And this simple and honest work, I think, is the essence of civilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mies van der Rohe Speech, January 25, 1958 via MIES Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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