Friedensreich Hundertwasser Quotes

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There are no evils in Nature, there are only evils of Man.

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

A person in a rented apartment must be able to lean out of his window and scrape off the masonry within arm's reach. And he must be allowed to take a long brush and paint everything outside within arm's reach. So that it will be visible from afar to everyone in the street that someone lives there who is different from the imprisoned, enslaved, standardised man who lives next door.

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

The straight line is godless and immoral.

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Everyone should be able to build, and as long as this freedom to build does not exist, the present-day planned architecture cannot be considered art at all.

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Only when architect, bricklayer and tenant are a unity, or one and the same person, can we speak of architecture. Everything else is not architecture, but a criminal act which has taken on form.

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Today we live in a chaos of straight lines, in a jungle of straight lines. If you do not believe this, take the trouble to count the straight lines which surround you. Then you will understand, for you will never finish counting.

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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Born: December 15, 1928

Died: February 19, 2000 (aged 71)

Bio: Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser was an Austrian artist and architect who worked also in the field of environmental protection.

Known for:

Hundertwasserhaus
KunstHausWien
Waldspirale
Kuchlbauer Tower

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