A selection of quotes, either from or concerning Erno Goldfinger, which either explicitly explain his philosophy on architecture and the things he was trying to achieve with his buildings, or I just found interesting or funny as isolated phrases.
"The stuff we are doing is simple and plain and gets all its value of the balance of its proportions of the perfect satisfaction it gives in function, of the materials...in the right place." - Erno Goldfinger
"You interested me a lot with your modernistic raving" - Mary Mcbrady
"...And now you say that sharp edges are beautiful and I believe you." - Ursula Blackwell
"I would like to bring a little order into the disorder, clarity into obscurity, straight and pure lines, limpid and clear forms...dreams in the place of abrutissement."
"Architecture takes possession of space, marks its bounds, encloses it, imprisons it. It has that privilege of creating magic places, entirely works of the mind." - A page from Goldfinger's translation of Auguste Perret's aphorisms.
"There are good architects and bad architects. I am a good architect." - Erno Goldfinger
"Architecture masters space, limits it, encloses it."- Erno Goldfinger
"Architecture is the art of organising space. It is through construction that it expresses itself."
"The spatial order is built up by an amalgamation of a multitude of phenomena, the perception of which, subconsciously integrated, helps in building up the sensation of space. Memories and experience, not only of visual sensation but also of sound and touch and smell, enter into it. The sound and vibration in a hall; the physical touch of the walls of a narrow passage; the atmosphere and temperature of a stuffy room; the smell of a damp cellar; all are, in various degrees, components of spatial sensation. Every element, plastic or pictorial, partially obstructing the view, and people in the crowd rubbing against you, are part of it." - Erno Goldfinger
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