Poul Henningsen quotes:
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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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Democracy can only be measured on the existence of an opposition
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Good taste is always bad.
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Art is the ability to separate the significant from the insignificant.
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Everything new stalls because there is precedence for the old
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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.
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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.