“Forms acquire meaning for us only because we recognize in them the expression of a sentient (fühlend) soul. Spontaneously, we animate (beseelen) every object.” SoulFormMeaningAnimation Author:Heinrich Wölfflin
“architecture cannot express specific emotions that are manifested in particular organs. Nor should it try to do so. Its object remains the great existential feelings, the emotions that posit the stable and constant condition of the body” EmotionsArchitectureExistential Feeling Author:Heinrich Wölfflin
“The pulse of the age must be sought elsewhere: in the minor decorative arts, in the lines of ornament, in lettering, and so on.” AgeArtsOrnamentLettering Author:Heinrich Wölfflin
“... we animate every object. This is a basic instinct in man... Will this instinct ever die out? I believe not. It would be the death of art.” ArtObjectAnimateBasic Instinct Author:Heinrich Wölfflin
“we judge the existential feeling of architectural forms by the physical responses we make to them.” Existential FeelingArchitectural FormPhysical Response Author:Heinrich Wölfflin