Poul Henningsen
Art is the ability to separate the significant from the insignificant.Collection: Art
Future comes by itself, progress does not.Collection: Progress
The technician should never forget that he is an artist, the artist never that he is a technicianCollection: Artist
Everything new stalls because there is precedence for the oldCollection: Precedence
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".Collection: Fighting
Good taste is always bad.Collection: Taste
The only thing which separates man from child is all the values he has lost over the years.Collection: Children
Democracy can only be measured on the existence of an oppositionCollection: Democracy
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.Collection: Simple