Arne Jacobsen

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

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.

Almost every time I make a building, some people will condemn it straight to Hell.

If a building becomes architecture, then it is art.

I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly.

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.

There is always a point when one senses one's lack of skill, the doubt.

Architecture tends to consume everything else, it has become one's entire life.

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.

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.

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.

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.