With a painter or a sculptor, one cannot begin to alter his works, but an architect has to put up with anything, because he makes utility objects - the building is there to be used, and times change.
There is always a point when one senses ones lack of skill, the doubt - Arne Jacobsen
There is always a point when one senses ones lack of skill, the doubt
- Arne Jacobsen
That is the artistic task: To choose the best from these solutions. - Arne Jacobsen
That is the artistic task: To choose the best from these solutions.
The primary factor is proportions. - Arne Jacobsen
The primary factor is proportions.
Besides, I think that when one has been through a boarding school, especially then, you have some resistance, because it was both fine comradeship an… - Arne Jacobsen
Besides, I think that when one has been through a boarding school, especially then, you have some resistance, because it was both fine comradeship an…
It may sound affected - but it is the act of creation itself, and it is equally exhilarating whether one is working on a teaspoon or a national bank. - Arne Jacobsen
It may sound affected - but it is the act of creation itself, and it is equally exhilarating whether one is working on a teaspoon or a national bank.
And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, … - Arne Jacobsen
And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, …
People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it. - Arne Jacobsen
People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it.
I have no philosophy, my favourite thing is sitting in the studio. - Arne Jacobsen
I have no philosophy, my favourite thing is sitting in the studio.
If a building becomes architecture, then it is art. - Arne Jacobsen
If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.
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