THE ULTIMATE OF BAUHAUS IDEALS: THE INDIVIDUAL SQUARE.
TALENT IS A SQUARE, GENIUS AN ABSOLUTE SQUARE.
                                                                        —paul westheim, critic, 1923

ORNAMENT IS SOMETHING THAT MUST BE
OVERCOME.
                                                                           —adolf loos, architect 1898

IN THE HANDS OF THE WOMEN WEAVERS, MY ALPHABET OF
FORMS FOR ABSTRACT PAINTINGS TURNED INTO FANTASY....
I PROMISED MYSELF THAT I WOULD NEVER ... WITH MY OWN
HANDS WEAVE A SINGLE THREAD.
                           —georg muche, form master, bauhaus weaving workshop

THE FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC OF FEMALE
CREATIVITY IS ... ORNAMENTAL LIVELINESS.
                                                          —hans hildebrandt, art historian, 1928