Poul Henningsen Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Everything new stalls because there is precedence for the old”
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“Democracy can only be measured on the existence of an opposition”
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“The technician should never forget that he is an artist, the artist never that he is a technician”
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“Future comes by itself, progress does not.”
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“Art is the ability to separate the significant from the insignificant.”
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“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".”
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“The only thing which separates man from child is all the values he has lost over the years.”
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“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.”
-- Poul Henningsen
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