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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. Only then will their work be imbued with the architectonic spirit . . .

Source: The Bauhaus Proclamation, April 1919; reprinted in The Bauhaus, ch. 2, by Hans Wingler, 1962.
-- Walter Gropius, (May 18 1883-1969), German architect; He was a leader of the Bauhaus school of design; co-designed the Pan Am Building, NYC with Pietro Belluschi.

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