In almost every task involving form, there are dozens, often hundreds of contradictory elements, which need to be forced to work in harmony by man's will. This harmony can be acheived only through art. — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
Just as it takes time for a speck of fish spawn to develop into a fully grown fish, so, too, we need time for everything that develops and crystallizes in the world of ideas. Architecture demands more of this time… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
Nothing old is ever reborn but neither does it totally disappear. And that which has once been born, will always reappear in a new… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
Once I tried to make a standardization of staircases. Probably that is one of the oldest of the standardizations. Of course, we design new… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less. — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
The best standardisation committee in the world is nature herself, but in nature standardisation occurs mainly in connection with the smallest possible units: cells.… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
The most difficult problems are naturally not involved in the search for forms for contemporary life. It is a question of working our way… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one problem and has nothing to… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
