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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/if-architecture-had-nothing-to-do-with-art-it-would-be-astonishingly/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arne-jacobsen/)

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> [If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/if-a-building-becomes-architecture-then-it-is-art/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arne-jacobsen/)

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## Other authors on Architecture Art

## More by Arne Jacobsen

> [If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect's task - his most difficult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/if-architecture-had-nothing-to-do-with-art-it-would-be-astonishingly/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/and-when-an-architect-has-designed-a-house-with-large-windows-which/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arne-jacobsen/)

> [In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/in-addressing-a-task-one-almost-always-has-several-possible-options/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arne-jacobsen/)

> [I am going to be working on bathroom fittings for a company in the USA, and then I thought it was appropriate to simplify…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/i-am-going-to-be-working-on-bathroom-fittings-for-a-company-in-the/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arne-jacobsen/)

> [In a way, the sense of quality has improved, the status symbol of the small things is gone, and it is acceptable to use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/in-a-way-the-sense-of-quality-has-improved-the-status-symbol-of-the/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arne-jacobsen/)

> [Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/architecture-tends-to-consume-everything-else-it-has-become-one-s/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/besides-i-think-that-when-one-has-been-through-a-boarding-school/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/it-may-sound-affected-but-it-is-the-act-of-creation-itself-and-it-is/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arne-jacobsen/)

> [There is always a point when one senses ones lack of skill, the doubt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/there-is-always-a-point-when-one-senses-ones-lack-of-skill-the-doubt/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arne-jacobsen/)

> [I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/i-don-t-see-that-any-buildings-should-be-excluded-from-the-term/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arne-jacobsen/)

> [Clearly, if a building is not functionally and technically in order, then it isn't architecture either, it's just a building.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/clearly-if-a-building-is-not-functionally-and-technically-in-order/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arne-jacobsen/)

> [People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/people-buy-a-chair-and-they-don-t-really-care-who-designed-it/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arne-jacobsen/)

> [Now, the downside to conservation is that so much is done for the public, which almost always mars the environment that one wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/now-the-downside-to-conservation-is-that-so-much-is-done-for-the/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arne-jacobsen/)

> [Carrying out the thing, getting it to the point when one might say: There, now it is good - that point is hard to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/carrying-out-the-thing-getting-it-to-the-point-when-one-might-say/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arne-jacobsen/)

> [But I think that parents who criticise their children too much are in fact better than parents who praise their children too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arne-jacobsen/but-i-think-that-parents-who-criticise-their-children-too-much-are-in/)

[Arne Jacobsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arne-jacobsen/)

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