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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. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#architecture #big #come #curtains #daylight

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. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#getting #goals #good #hard #high

Furniture manufacturing in plastics requires very costly machinery, which the Danish market is not big enough to justify. Or so they say. But show me a plastics manufacturer who dares to take on the experiment. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#big enough #costly #danish #dares #enough

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. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#certain #confronted #fact #feel #first

I have no philosophy, my favourite thing is sitting in the studio. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#favourite thing #i #philosophy #sitting #studio

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. ↗

— Arne Jacobsen

#declined #enthusiasm #everything #grandma #hand

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

#art #aware #draw #fully #fun

I am closer to a European viewpoint of the world than an American one. My ethics and ideals are based on European concepts. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#american #based #closer #concepts #ethics

Look at what President Kennedy managed to achieve during the Cuban missile crisis. If Bush had been president in 1962, do you think he would have avoided a nuclear war? ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#avoided #been #bush #crisis #cuban

Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#failed #governments #indigenous #indigenous people #latin