From the Book - First edition.
Prologue: “This is Mies, darling”
“I give you my Mies van der Rohe”
“She had a very sharp tongue”
“The most important house in the world”
“Compared to the Farnsworth House, it’s just a toy”
“You go back to your nephritis where you belong”
“The fear of Mies’ implacable intentions”
“I think the house is perfectly constructed, it is perfectly executed”
“I feel like a prowling animal, always on the alert”
“Architects should kiss the feet of Mies van der Rohe”
“I repeat, magic and poetry!”
“She then abandoned everything for poetry and Italy”
