"That is the artistic task: To choose the……" — Arne Jacobsen

"That is the artistic task: To choose the best from these solutions."

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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…
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
None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago
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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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. — Francis Bacon
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. — Lord Acton
My concern is to continue respecting my work as I've done since I began as an actor and I could… — Javier Bardem
I cannot belong to a nonprofit organization because when you receive grants, you have to make such great compromises with… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. — Scott Adams
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. — Henry Ward Beecher
My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play… — Jack Black
The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal;… — William Blake
Classical music and pop are two different universes, each with its own difficulties, peculiarities, depth and artistic dignity. In Italy,… — Andrea Bocelli
Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic… — Andrea Bocelli
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves… — Napoleon Bonaparte

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