All Alvar Aalto Quotes
- Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of… All
- Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less. Funny
- We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of… All
- Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good… Architecture
- We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one problem and has nothing to do… Cities
- The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit of our endeavour to build… Architect
- Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy. Accompanying
- The best standardisation committee in the world is nature herself, but in nature standardisation occurs mainly in connection with the smallest possible units: cells. The… Best
- God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is at least for me an abuse of paper. Abuse
- We should work for simple, good, undecorated things Good
- Architecture belongs to culture, not to civilization. Architecture
- The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture Architecture
- Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is to refine materials in a more human direction. Architecture
- True architecture exists only where man stands in the center. Architecture
- Form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature. Content
- It is the task of the architect to give life a gentler structure. Architect
- Architecture is not merely national but clearly has local ties in that it is rooted in the earth. Architecture
- Even the smallest daily chore can be humanized with the harmony of culture. Chore
- I do not write, I build. Build
- I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house. Build