Arne Jacobson: Quotes
Here are some selected quotes attributed to Arne Jacobsen:
On Architecture
+ "Almost every time I make a building, some people will condemn it straight to Hell."
+ "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."
+ "If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect’s task - his most difficult task - is always that of selecting.’
On Design
+ "The primary factor is proportions."
+ "That is the artistic task: To choose the best from these solutions."
+ "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."
+ "I do not feel certain until I have confronted my initial solution with other solutions - although in fact the first solution often proves to be the right one."
On Life
+ "But I think that parents who criticise their children too much are in fact better than parents who praise their children too much."
+ "Carrying out the thing, getting it to the point when one might say: There, now it is good - that point is hard to reach. Often, one sets very high goals for oneself. Perhaps too high."
On Furniture design
+ "People buy a chair, and they don’t really care who designed it."
-Arne Jacobsen
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trey
in today’s world, furniture design should be thought of as relative to the person. designers have not figured that out.
Apr 23rd, 2008
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