List of Arne Jacobsen Quotes

You Will Soon Find That I Am A Bit Obsessive About My Work. And That Is A Little Sad, One Often Feels Strangely Restricted, Not Finding Time To Simmer, Although One Actually Has Many Interests.

I Am Going To Be Working On Bathroom Fittings For A Company In The Usa, And Then I Thought It Was Appropriate To Simplify The Fittings And, Thus, Lowering The Cost.

But Inspiration? - That's When You Come Home From Abroad And Are Asked: Well, Have You Found Inspiration? - And Fortunately You Haven't. But The Impressions Sink In, Of Course, And May Emerge Later: None Of Us Has Invented The House; That Was Done Many Thousands Of Years Ago.

Almost Every Time I Make A Building, Some People Will Condemn It Straight To Hell.

Besides, I Think That When One Has Been Through A Boarding School, Especially Then, You Have Some Resistance, Because It Was Both Fine Comradeship And A Fairly Hard Training.

On The Other Hand, I Don't Understand The Enthusiasm For Everything In The Antique Shop That Grandma Threw Out. There, The Sense Of Quality Has Declined; Otherwise Grandma Wouldn't Have Thrown It Out.

Now, The Downside To Conservation Is That So Much Is Done For The Public, Which Almost Always Mars The Environment That One Wanted To Conserve.

In A Way, The Sense Of Quality Has Improved, The Status Symbol Of The Small Things Is Gone, And It Is Acceptable To Use Stainless Steel, Even If The Neighbour Uses Silver.

Proportions Are What Makes The Old Greek Temples Classic In Their Beauty. They Are Like Huge Blocks, From Which The Air Has Been Literally Hewn Out Between The Columns.

Carrying Out The Thing, Getting It To The Point When One Might Say: There, Now It Is Good - That Point Is Hard To Reach. Often, One Sets Very High Goals For Oneself. Perhaps Too High.

With A Painter Or A Sculptor, One Cannot Begin To Alter His Works, But An Architect Has To Put Up With Anything, Because He Makes Utility Objects - The Building Is There To Be Used, And Times Change.

I Don't See That Any Buildings Should Be Excluded From The Term Architecture, As Long As They Are Done Properly.