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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."

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"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."

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"History develops, art stands still."

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"To catch a husband is an art; to hold him is a job."

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"As useful as an unhappy artist. As useless as a happy philosopher."

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"You do not need a boyfriend or a girlfriend to write an emotional poet, because poetry is beyond hooks and holes."

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"Great artists are a little too gifted to be bound by boxes and labels, and in saying that, the label 'artist' is to be used lightly."

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"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."
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"People buy a chair, and they don't really care who designed it."
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"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."
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"There is always a point when one senses one's lack of skill, the doubt."
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"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."
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"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."
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"Almost every time I make a building, some people will condemn it straight to Hell."
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