Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the air has been literally hewn out between the columns.
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.
- 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… - 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…
The primary factor is proportions. - Arne Jacobsen
The primary factor is proportions.
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, …
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
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.
If a building becomes architecture, then it is art. - Arne Jacobsen
If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.
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.
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