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26 quotes by Arne Jacobsen

Arne Emil Jacobsen, Hon. FAIA (11 February 1902 – 24 March 1971) was a Danish architect and designer. He is remembered for his contribution to architectural Functionalism as well as for the worldwide success he enjoyed with simple but effective chair designs.
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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... →

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The primary factor is proportions.

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I have no philosophy, my favourite thing is sitting in the studio.

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If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.

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Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life.

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People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it.

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That business of relaxation, which is so terribly modern today, is all good and well, but my work interests me so much, and is so varied, that many... →

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Besides, I think that when one has been through a boarding school, especially then, you have some resistance, because it was both fine comradeship... →

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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... →

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When I travel, I draw and paint sketches which is great fun. And as long as you are fully aware that it has nothing to do with actual art, I think... →

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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... →

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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.

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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... →

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