{"author":"Arne Jacobsen","author_id":"Arne+Jacobsen","total_quotes":11,"quotes":[{"text":"The primary factor is proportions.","author":"Arne Jacobsen","tags":["factor","proportions","primary "],"id":3024,"author_id":"Arne+Jacobsen"},{"text":"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.","author":"Arne Jacobsen","tags":["building","up","anything "],"id":12179,"author_id":"Arne+Jacobsen"},{"text":"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.","author":"Arne Jacobsen","tags":["sometimes","options","always "],"id":65959,"author_id":"Arne+Jacobsen"},{"text":"I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly.","author":"Arne Jacobsen","tags":["long","done","see "],"id":96463,"author_id":"Arne+Jacobsen"},{"text":"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.","author":"Arne Jacobsen","tags":["beauty","classic","air "],"id":107713,"author_id":"Arne+Jacobsen"},{"text":"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.","author":"Arne Jacobsen","tags":["inspiration","you","house "],"id":137668,"author_id":"Arne+Jacobsen"},{"text":"If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.","author":"Arne Jacobsen","tags":["art","building","then "],"id":141423,"author_id":"Arne+Jacobsen"},{"text":"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.","author":"Arne Jacobsen","tags":["work","time","i am "],"id":220347,"author_id":"Arne+Jacobsen"},{"text":"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.","author":"Arne Jacobsen","tags":["art","easy","build "],"id":238941,"author_id":"Arne+Jacobsen"},{"text":"Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life.","author":"Arne Jacobsen","tags":["life","everything","become "],"id":260711,"author_id":"Arne+Jacobsen"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":11,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}