Henningsen Quotes & Sayings

Democracy can only be measured on the existence of an opposition — Poul Henningsen

Good taste is always bad. — Poul Henningsen

Art is the ability to separate the significant from the insignificant. — Poul Henningsen

Wise men read books about history, Pliny. Strong men write them. — Pierce Brown

Everything new stalls because there is precedence for the old — Poul Henningsen

But what is done is done. Who can make the dead tree green, or gaze again upon last year's light? Who can recall the spoken word, or bring back the spirit of the fallen? That which Time swallows comes not up again. Let it be forgotten! — H. Rider Haggard

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

The Breviary was hard to learn, and every step was labor and confusion, not to mention the mistakes and perplexities I got myself into. However, — Thomas Merton

The technician should never forget that he is an artist, the artist never that he is a technician — Poul Henningsen

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

Dare to imagine, create and share it with the world! — R.C. Henningsen

A newspaper that you're not reading can be used for anything; and the same people didn't think it was immoral to wrap their garbage in newspaper. — Robert Rauschenberg

Contentment alone is enough Indeed, the bliss of eternity can be found in your contentment — Lao-Tzu

The only thing which separates man from child is all the values he has lost over the years. — Poul Henningsen

Future comes by itself, progress does not. — Poul Henningsen