Poul Henningsen quotes

Poul Henningsen quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Everything new stalls because there is precedence for the old”
-- Poul Henningsen
“Democracy can only be measured on the existence of an opposition”
-- Poul Henningsen

#Democracy Quotes #Existence Quotes
“The technician should never forget that he is an artist, the artist never that he is a technician”
-- Poul Henningsen

#Artist Quotes #Never Forget Quotes #Forget Quotes
“Future comes by itself, progress does not.”
-- Poul Henningsen

#Progress Quotes #Doe Quotes
“Art is the ability to separate the significant from the insignificant.”
-- Poul Henningsen

#Art Quotes #Significant Quotes #Ability Quotes
“Good taste is always bad.”
-- Poul Henningsen

#Taste Quotes #Good Taste Quotes
“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".”
-- Poul Henningsen

#Fighting Quotes #Steps Quotes #Conservative Quotes
“The only thing which separates man from child is all the values he has lost over the years.”
-- Poul Henningsen

#Children Quotes #Men Quotes #Years Quotes
“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

#Simple Quotes #Views Quotes #Democracy Quotes

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