This world of mere drawing and painting of draughtsmen and applied artists must at long last become a world that builds. The art schools of old were incapable of producing this unity-and how could they, for art may not be taught.
Their work will then re-imbue itself with the spirit of architecture, which it lost in salon art. Architects, painters and sculptors must learn a new way of seeing and understanding the composite character of the building, both as a totality and in terms of its parts. Today, they exist in complacent isolation, from which they can only be salvaged by the purposeful and cooperative endeavours of all artisans.
The ultimate goal of all art is the building! The ornamentation of the building was once the main purpose of the visual arts, and they were considered indispensable parts of the great building.
Program of the Staatliche Bauhaus in Weimar
