Author: Arne Jacobsen

Quotes

The primary factor is proportions.

The primary factor is proportions.

- Arne Jacobsen

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

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

- Arne Jacobsen

Almost every time I make a building, some people will condemn it straight to Hell.

Almost every time I make a building, some people will condemn it straight to Hell.

- Arne Jacobsen

Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life.

Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life.

- Arne Jacobsen

If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect's task - his most difficult task - is always that of selecting.

If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect's task - his most difficult task - is always that of selecting.

- Arne Jacobsen

If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.

If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.

- Arne Jacobsen

I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly.

I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly.

- Arne Jacobsen

When I travel, I draw and paint sketches which is great fun. And as long as you are fully aware that it has nothing to do with actual art, I think that's all right.

When I travel, I draw and paint sketches which is great fun. And as long as you are fully aware that it has nothing to do with actual art, I think that's all right.

- Arne Jacobsen

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