"None of us has invented the house; that……" — Arne Jacobsen

None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands… - Arne Jacobsen

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— Arne Jacobsen

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31 Quotes by Arne Jacobsen

Arne Jacobsen has 31 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.
A pastry usually tastes better if it looks nice. A cream pastry, now that looks nice - in fact, there…
That is the artistic task: To choose the best from these solutions.
With a painter or a sculptor, one cannot begin to alter his works, but an architect has to put up…
It may sound affected - but it is the act of creation itself, and it is equally exhilarating whether one…
But I think that parents who criticise their children too much are in fact better than parents who praise their…
Carrying out the thing, getting it to the point when one might say: There, now it is good - that…
People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it.
There is always a point when one senses ones lack of skill, the doubt
Proportions are what makes the old Greek temples classic in their beauty. They are like huge blocks, from which the…
The primary factor is proportions.
On the other hand, I don't understand the enthusiasm for everything in the antique shop that Grandma threw out. There,…

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