A Telegram from Aalto sent to MIT in 1958
‘Dear John just unable to produce enough architectural philosophy you may publish this telegramletter as a substitute stop Sibelius said if you publish three words of explaining music at least two words are wrong this may be true also in my architectural philosophy stop In ordinary discussion in recent decades the traditionally imitation has been pointed out as main enemy number one today is modern formalism non traditional where in human elements are donminating stop True architecture the real thing is only where man stands in centre’ Alvar AAlto 1958
