Ornamentation Quotes

15 quotes by 13 authors

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation? — Chanakya
I think there is a profound and enduring beauty in simplicity; in clarity, in efficiency. True simplicity is derived from so much more than just… — Jonathan Ive
We want to create the purely organic building, boldly emanating its inner laws, free of untruths or ornamentation. — Walter Gropius
I wonder, only in passing, whether the indelible ornamentation that man inscribes upon his own epidermis does not respond to a nostalgia for the universal… — Roger Caillois
A design may be called organic when there is an harmonious organization of the parts within the whole, according to structure, material, and purpose. Within… — Eliot Noyes
Nature is the inspiration for all ornamentation — Frank Lloyd Wright
Down below the broad, roaring waves of the sea break against the deep foundation of the rock. But high above the mountain, the sea, and… — Rudolf Otto
The work resembles a breech delivery-one which is expressed in rhythmic lurches, stabs of phrase and vocal ornamentation designed to express agitation rather than decorative… — Wendell Phillips
Artistic tricks divert from the effect that an artist endeavors to produce, and even excellent elements such as bullets, arrows, brackets, ornate initials, are at… — Paul Rand
This, milord, is my family's axe. We have owned it for almost nine hundred years, see. Of course, sometimes it needed a new blade. And… — Terry Pratchett
According to Chekhov," Tamaru said, rising from his chair, "once a gun appears in a story, it has to be fired." "Meaning what?" "Meaning, don't… — Haruki Murakami
But the helmet had gold decoration, and the bespoke armorers had made a new gleaming breastplate with useless gold ornamentation on it. Sam Vimes felt… — Terry Pratchett
While I tend to keep embellishment minimal as my clients often possess some of the finest jewellery, I enjoy creating ornamentation that appears like installations,… — Stephane Rolland
In a very simple sense I want everything that's in a work to be there for the reason that it's needed. It's not an ornamentation.… — Paul Cullen

Who Wrote These Ornamentation Quotes

13 authors contributed a total of 15 Ornamentation Quotes as follows: