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“There must be a union between the spirit in wood and the spirit in man. The grain of the wood must relate closely to its function. The abutment of the edge of one board to an adjoining board can mean the success or failure of a piece. () Gradually a form evolves, much as nature produces the tree in the first place. The object created can live forever. The tree lives on in its new form. The object cannot follow a transitory “style”, here for a moment, discarded the next. Its appeal must be universal. Cordial and receptive, it should invite a meeting with man”

“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

“For the first time in six or seven thousand years, many people of goodwill find themselves confused about art. They want to enjoy it because enjoying art is something they expect of themselves as civilized persons, but they're unsure how to do so. They aren't even sure which of the visible objects are art and which are furniture, clothes, hors d'oeuvres, or construction rubble, and whether a pile of dead and decomposing rats is deliberate art or just another pile of decomposing rats.”

Source: Wasn't the Grass Greener?: A Curmudgeon's Fond Memories

“I look at every piece of furniture and every object as an individual sculpture.”

Looks Individual Pieces Objects Sculpture Furniture

Author:Kelly Wearstler

“There is a peacefulness, an air of reflection, about a rocking-chair that attaches to no other moving object.”

Moving Air Objects Reflection Chairs Furniture Peacefulness Rocking Chairs

Author:Wallis Simpson