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Explore our hand-picked selection of 31 inspiring quotes by Arne Jacobsen.

About Arne Jacobsen

  • Born: February 11, 1902
  • Died: March 24, 1971
  • Occupation: Architect
    • You will soon find that i am a bit obsessive about my work. and that is a little sad, one often feels strangely restricted, not finding time to simmer, although one actually has many interests.
    Finding The One Littles Interest
    I am going to be working on bathroom fittings for a company in the usa, and then i thought it was appropriate to simplify the fittings and, thus, lowering the cost.
    Usa America Cost
    But inspiration? - that's when you come home from abroad and are asked: well, have you found inspiration? - and fortunately you haven't. but the impressions sink in, of course, and may emerge later: none of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago.
    Inspiration Home Years
    Almost every time i make a building, some people will condemn it straight to hell.
    People Hell Building
    Besides, i think that when one has been through a boarding school, especially then, you have some resistance, because it was both fine comradeship and a fairly hard training.
    School Thinking Training
    On the other hand, i don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that grandma threw out. there, the sense of quality has declined; otherwise grandma wouldn't have thrown it out.
    Grandma Hands Quality
    Now, the downside to conservation is that so much is done for the public, which almost always mars the environment that one wanted to conserve.
    Mars Done Environment
    In a way, the sense of quality has improved, the status symbol of the small things is gone, and it is acceptable to use stainless steel, even if the neighbour uses silver.
    Quality Steel Gone
    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.
    Block Air Greek
    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.
    Goal Getting High Might
    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.
    Building Architect Used
    I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly.
    Long Done Architecture
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