Poul Henningsen

Art is the ability to separate the significant from the insignificant.

— Poul Henningsen

The technician should never forget that he is an artist, the artist never that he is a technician

— Poul Henningsen

Everything new stalls because there is precedence for the old

— Poul Henningsen

The only thing which separates man from child is all the values he has lost over the years.

— Poul Henningsen

Being conservative has never been regarded as old-fashioned. But if you fight for a sensible step in the right direction which others…

— Poul Henningsen

The rules are rather simple to understand: Under democracy you can defend any view, but only defend it. You can not try…

— Poul Henningsen

Good taste is always bad.

— Poul Henningsen

Future comes by itself, progress does not.

— Poul Henningsen

Democracy can only be measured on the existence of an opposition

— Poul Henningsen