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
relaxation today modern
That business of relaxation, which is so terribly modern today, is all good and well, but my work interests me so much, and is so varied, that many times it seems relaxing when I go from one aspect to another.
travel art fun
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.
long done architecture
I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly.
school thinking training
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.
usa america cost
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.
grandma hands quality
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
people hell building
Almost every time I make a building, some people will condemn it straight to Hell.
architecture gothic-architecture
Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life.
children thinking parent
But I think that parents who criticise their children too much are in fact better than parents who praise their children too much.
finding-the-one littles interest
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.
mars done environment
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.
tasks artistic solutions
That is the artistic task: To choose the best from these solutions.
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.
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.