Arne Jacobsen Quotes

I grew up around old stuff that was not necessarily valuable, but certainly unusual.

My mission is not to forbid French art. If the quality is there, I buy; if the quality isn't there, I don't.

My father loved antique shops and shows, and quite a bit of my childhood involved outings to dim, dusty places packed with cast-off treasures.

I shop a lot more for furniture than I do for clothes. I much prefer going to an antique shop full of obscurities.

If I'm not happy with the quality of something I'm working on, I won't put it out. That does not mean that others won't question the quality.

I go through a lot of bad stuff, because most of the stuff that's written is pretty bad. But occasionally something comes along that's good, and I want to do it.

I was 16 before I met another passionate collector. One summer, I visited England; a new friend took me calling on his dotty, brilliant old aunt. She occupied a quaint house in Kent. Its walls were lined with glass-fronted cases full of what? Ancient shoe buckles.

The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.

Just as good books give me the joys of being alive, bad novels depress me, and as I notice this sentiment coming from the pages, I stop. I also do not hesitate to walk out of a movie house if the film is bad.

I hate it when something is set in 1967 and every piece of furniture was made in 1967. No! If it's set in 1967, people have furniture given to them by their grandmother, which she bought in 1932!

It would be ridiculous to say I don't want to sell records, but I trust my taste.

I think when you get interested in antiques, the most frustrating thing is that books don't have enough photos. When you go to a flea market or garage sale, you see lots of things you've never seen before and you have no idea what the price is going to be or should be.

I quite like antiques. I like things that are old and the history they bring with them. I would rather fly to Morocco on an $800 ticket and buy a chair for $300 than spend $1,100 on one at Pottery Barn.

When a product is made, everyone hopes for the best. Whether it could have been better or not is more of an afterthought.

I do like silver. I love antiques. I collect Georgian glass at home. When you think about how fragile that it is and think about how long these things have lasted - some of it is 400 years old - I find the history of these things extraordinary.

I don't think you can really make television based on what you think audiences want. You can only make stories that you like, because you have to watch it so many times.

I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.

People send me records, and if don't like them, I won't do them; I don't care how much money you offer.

Los Angeles, which is where I live, happens to be a great place for junk. People have a lot of it, and they sell it and trade it: At these big swap meets, many, many hundreds of dealers of junk will descend upon a football field on a Saturday and sell all their stuff.

I don't have many rules, but one of them is, 'Do not make a movie you yourself would not want to see.'

I'm pretty picky about plays.

I don't think cinema is big or small. It's just good or bad.

I wouldn't want to get involved with a game that's a stinker - I can smell one of those a mile away.

I don't sing songs on albums that I don't like.

I don't know anything about antiques. I do buy them now, but I have a little knowledge, and great enthusiasm.