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Alvar Aalto quotes: Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy.

Human life is a combination of tragedy and comedy. The shapes and designs that surround us are the music accompanying this tragedy and this comedy.

Alvar Aalto quotes: Architecture is not merely national but clearly has local ties in that it is rooted in the earth.

Architecture is not merely national but clearly has local ties in that it is rooted in the earth.

Alvar Aalto quotes: I do not write, I build.

I do not write, I build.

Alvar Aalto quotes: Even the smallest daily chore can be humanized with the harmony of culture.

Even the smallest daily chore can be humanized with the harmony of culture.

Alvar Aalto quotes: Objects are made to be completed by the human mind.

Objects are made to be completed by the human mind.

Alvar Aalto quotes: It is the task of the architect to give life a gentler structure.

It is the task of the architect to give life a gentler structure.

Alvar Aalto quotes: Form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature.

Form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature.

Alvar Aalto quotes: Architecture belongs to culture, not to civilization.

Architecture belongs to culture, not to civilization.

Alvar Aalto quotes: Nothing old is ever reborn but neither does it totally disappear. And that which has once been born, will always reappear in a new form

Nothing old is ever reborn but neither does it totally disappear. And that which has once been born, will always reappear in a new form

Alvar Aalto quotes: I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house.

I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house.

Alvar Aalto quotes: Beauty is the harmony of purpose and form.

Beauty is the harmony of purpose and form.

Alvar Aalto quotes: Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less.

Our time is so specialised that we have people who know more and more or less and less.

Alvar Aalto quotes: Every one of my buildings begins with an Italian journey.

Every one of my buildings begins with an Italian journey.

Alvar Aalto quotes: We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of the city.

We should concentrate our work not only to a separated housing problem but housing involved in our daily work and all the other functions of the city.

Alvar Aalto quotes: God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is, at least for me, an abuse of paper.

God created paper for the purpose of drawing architecture on it. Everything else is, at least for me, an abuse of paper.

Alvar Aalto quotes: Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is to refine materials in a more human direction.

Modern architecture does not mean the use of immature new materials; the main thing is to refine materials in a more human direction.

Alvar Aalto quotes: True architecture exists only where man stands in the center.

True architecture exists only where man stands in the center.