Arne Jacobsen
Arne Jacobsen
Arne Emil Jacobsen, Hon. FAIAwas a Danish architect and designer. He is remembered for his contribution to architectural Functionalism as well as for the worldwide success he enjoyed with simple but effective chair designs...
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth11 February 1902
Arne Jacobsen quotes about
order architecture building
Clearly, if a building is not functionally and technically in order, then it isn't architecture either, it's just a building.
order play house
And when an architect has designed a house with large windows, which is a necessity today in order to pull the daylight into these very deep houses, then curtains come to play a big role in architecture.
skills doubt senses
There is always a point when one senses ones lack of skill, the doubt
tasks may architecture
In addressing a task, one almost always has several possible options, sometimes only a few, and they may all be practical and functional. But they lack the aesthetic aspect that raises it to architecture.
art architecture building
If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.
may sound creation
It may sound affected - but it is the act of creation itself, and it is equally exhilarating whether one is working on a teaspoon or a national bank.
firsts facts certain
I do not feel certain until I have confronted my initial solution with other solutions - although in fact the first solution often proves to be the right one.
goal might hard
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.
nice long mind
A pastry usually tastes better if it looks nice. A cream pastry, now that looks nice - in fact, there is nothing I mind as long as it looks nice.
design proportion factors
The primary factor is proportions.
inspiration home years
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.
years house years-ago
None of us has invented the house; that was done many thousands of years ago
art house tasks
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.
block air greek
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.