We are in the midst of a momentous catastrophe of world history, of a transformation of all aspects of life and of the entire inner human being This is perhaps fortunate for the artistic person, if he is strong enough to bear the consequences, because what we need is the courage to have inner experience.
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About Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius was a 19th-century American american architect. Walter Adolph Georg Gropius was a German-American architect and founder of the Bauhaus School, who is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modernist architecture. He was a founder of Bauhaus in Weimar and taught there for several years, becoming known as a leading proponent of the International Style. Read more on Wikipedia →
Themes
- Life — Reflections on the meaning, challenges, and beauty of life
- History — Lessons from the past and the arc of human civilisation
- Experience — Learning through living, doing, and facing the world