Poul Henningsen Quotes

Future comes by itself, progress does not.

Art is the ability to separate the significant from the insignificant.

The technician should never forget that he is an artist, the artist never that he is a technician

Being conservative has never been regarded as old-fashioned. But if you fight for a sensible step in the right direction which others has deserted you will be branded "reactionary".

Everything new stalls because there is precedence for the old

Good taste is always bad.

Democracy can only be measured on the existence of an opposition

The only thing which separates man from child is all the values he has lost over the years.

The rules are rather simple to understand: Under democracy you can defend any view, but only defend it. You can not try to realise it through power, violence or weapons.