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Quote by Emile Gruppe

“If you finish like a photograph, on the other hand, the picture has as much personality as a photograph.”

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Emile Gruppe, born in Germany in 1896, was a renowned American painter. His works are known for their abstract expressionist style, which had a profound impact on 20th-century American art. more

“I viewed the station as a place, a terrain where I could put a new architecture in place. The station was, of course, an historic monument, but it does not deserve all the respect given it when it is said it is perfect, original and coherent expression of a past that we must revere. Orsay is basically a box.”

Doe Said Past Courses Given Perfect Expression Deserve Originals Boxes Architecture Stations Historic Monument Terrain

Author:Gae Aulenti

“I aim to create furniture that appears in a room as buildings on a skyline and reminds the viewer of the interaction between objects of design and architectural space.”

Space Rooms Design Objects Building Aim Interaction Viewers Furniture Skylines

Author:Gae Aulenti

“The conscious principle in this design has been to achieve forms that could create experiences, and that could at the same time welcome everyone's experiences with the serenity of an effortless development.”

Has Beens Form Principles Achieve Design Development Conscious Welcome Serenity Effortless

Book:Gae Aulenti

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“Light is impressionism.”

Art Light Impressionism

Author:Gae Aulenti

“My advice to whoever asks me how to make a home is to not have anything, just a few shelves for books, some pillows to sit on. And then, to take a stand against the ephemeral, against passing trends... and to return to lasting values.”

Book Home Values Asks Advice Return Passing Passings Ask Me Lasting Trends Shelves Pillow Ephemeral

Author:Gae Aulenti

“The Last American Man by Elizabeth Gilbert... I don't live inside buildings because buildings are dead places where nothing grows, where water doesn't flow, and where life stops. I don't want to live in a dead place. People say that I don't live in a real world, but it's modern Americans who live in a fake world, because they have stepped outside the natural circle of life.”

People Men World Want Real Lasts Grows Water Natural Modern Building Flow Architecture Circles Fake Real World Circle Of Life Fake World

Author:Eustace Conway

“In studying other cultures, we learn more about ourselves and our relationship to all things in this world.”

World Culture Study This World All Things Our Relationship Other Cultures

Author:Eustace Conway

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