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Giò Ponti: A World
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156 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
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October 29, 2022
He gave little houseroom to the dogma of movements or the straight-jacket of styles.
“Styles corrupt our ideas because they become corrupt themselves in time.”
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“Architecture is order, but not a sleeping order … Like in a shell, you hear the sea in it.”
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“Architecture is made to be looked at.”
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“Architecture must be devised to be inhabited but judged when empty.”
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Ponti saw no difference in value between materials: silver and paper were equally worthy areas to work on. What enhances and ennobled a material were the time and imagination devoted to it by the designer.
“Styles corrupt our ideas because they become corrupt themselves in time.”
—————————————————————
“Architecture is order, but not a sleeping order … Like in a shell, you hear the sea in it.”
—————————————————————
“Architecture is made to be looked at.”
—————————————————————
“Architecture must be devised to be inhabited but judged when empty.”
—————————————————————
Ponti saw no difference in value between materials: silver and paper were equally worthy areas to work on. What enhances and ennobled a material were the time and imagination devoted to it by the designer.
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