Eliel Saarinen Quotes

Finland, Architect
August 20, 1873 – July, 1, 1950.

Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen was a Finnish-American architect known for his work with art nouveau buildings in the early years of the 20th century. He was the father of Eero Saarinen.

Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context - a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.

Eliel Saarinen
Art was born as a desire, not as a demand.

Eliel Saarinen
- Art
- Desire
- Demand

Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context.

Eliel Saarinen
Architectural-form equals social-form.

Eliel Saarinen
- Equals
- Architectural