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Archive for April 2015
Alvar Aalto Quotes
"Building art is a synthesis of life in materialised form. We should try to bring in under the same hat not a splintered way of thinking, but all in harmony together."
"God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is, at least for me, an abuse of paper."
"Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less."
"Architecture belongs to culture, not to civilization."
"Beauty is harmony of function and form."
"Nothing is dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art."
"The best standardisation committee in the world is nature herself, but in nature standardisation occurs mainly in connection with the smallest possible units: cells. The result is millions of flexible combination in which one never encounters the stereotyped."
"I do not write, I build."
"We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of the city."
"Don't forget to play."
"Architecture is not merely national but clearly has local ties in that it is rooted in the earth."
"Nothing old is ever reborn, but neither does it totally disappear."
"Even the smallest daily chore can be humanized with the harmony of culture."
"The most difficult problems are naturally not involved in the search for forms for contemporary life. It is a question of working our ways to forms behind which real human values lie."
"Just as it takes time for a speck of fish spawn to develop into a fully grown fish so, too, we need time for everything that develops and crystallizes in the world of ideas. Architecture demands more of this time than other creative work."
"We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one problem and has nothing to do with the other problems."
"Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy."
"The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture...should be a fruit of our endeavour to build an earthly paradise for people."
"Every one of my buildings begins with an Italian journey."
"Form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature."
"The tubular steel chair is surely rational from technical and constructive points of view. It is light, suitable for mass production, and so on. But steel and chromium surfaces are not satisfactory from the human point of view."
"The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture."
"I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house."
"We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in the street."
"God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is, at least for me, an abuse of paper."
"Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less."
"Architecture belongs to culture, not to civilization."
"Beauty is harmony of function and form."
"Nothing is dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art."
"The best standardisation committee in the world is nature herself, but in nature standardisation occurs mainly in connection with the smallest possible units: cells. The result is millions of flexible combination in which one never encounters the stereotyped."
"I do not write, I build."
"We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of the city."
"Don't forget to play."
"Architecture is not merely national but clearly has local ties in that it is rooted in the earth."
"Nothing old is ever reborn, but neither does it totally disappear."
"Even the smallest daily chore can be humanized with the harmony of culture."
"The most difficult problems are naturally not involved in the search for forms for contemporary life. It is a question of working our ways to forms behind which real human values lie."
"Just as it takes time for a speck of fish spawn to develop into a fully grown fish so, too, we need time for everything that develops and crystallizes in the world of ideas. Architecture demands more of this time than other creative work."
"We have almost a city has probably two or three hundred committees. Every committee is dealing with just one problem and has nothing to do with the other problems."
"Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy."
"The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture...should be a fruit of our endeavour to build an earthly paradise for people."
"Every one of my buildings begins with an Italian journey."
"Form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature."
"The tubular steel chair is surely rational from technical and constructive points of view. It is light, suitable for mass production, and so on. But steel and chromium surfaces are not satisfactory from the human point of view."
"The very essence of architecture consists of a variety and development reminiscent of natural organic life. This is the only true style in architecture."
"I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house."
"We should work for simple, good, undecorated things, but things which are in harmony with the human being and organically suited to the little man in the street."
Tag :
Architect,
Aaliyah Quotes
"Some people come into our lives and quickly go.Some people stay for awhile and leave footprints in our heart and we are never the same."
"Everything is worth it. The hard work, the times when you're tired, the times where you're a bit sad. In the end it's all worth it because it really makes me happy. There's nothing better than loving what you do."
"I'm tired of my heart being broken. I'm tired of these tears, falling down my face."
"We were close friends, also lovers. Did anything for one another."
"If at first you don't succeed. Dust yourself off and try again."
"It's in how you carry yourself. I've always been a mature person and I've always known what I wanted. And I go after it no matter what."
"You have to love what you do to want to do it everyday."
"I think it's important to take a break, you know, from a public eye for a while, and give people a chance to miss you. I want longevity. I don't want to get out there and run myself ragged and spread myself thin."
"If god gave you the talent, you should go for it. But don't think it's going to be easy."
"I want people to remember me as a full on entertainer and a good person."
"Your talent should do the talking, not a revealing outfit."
"I see myself as sexy. If you're comfortable with it, it can be very classy and appealing."
"There are times in my life where I just want to be myself."
"It's hard to say what I want my legacy to be when I'm long gone."
"All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from."
Tag :
Musician,
