Hundertwasser

Hundertwasser lives on in his works, his architecture, his philosophy - and each day thousands of people experience his message of beauty in harmony with nature.

In His Own Words – Quotations for his birthday anniversary:

I should perhaps like to be known as the magician of
vegetation or something similar

We are in need of magic

I fill a picture until it is full with magic, as one
fills up a glass with water
(Hundertwasser on Hundertwasser, 1975)
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It was always my intention to bring pleasure to many people. I would like to share beautiful and useful things with people which have a meaning to them and enrich their lives.
(On Original Graphic, 1984)
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TREE OBLIGATION means the restoration of the dialogue with nature. This is about a fundamental turnabout, a fundamental new orientation. An everyday life without intimate contact with trees, plants, soil and humus is unworthy of man.
(The House Should Not Be Measured by Normal Standards, 1980)
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The so-called progress has turned out to be a step towards the abyss.
We can only survive if we step back.
(Nuclear Energy Is a Dangerous Toy, 1980)
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We need barriers of beauty so that the world gets bigger.
If you and your neighbour are creative, we need not travel far. We need not walk far, because paradise is right around the corner.
(The Turn, 1979)
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The plant world is our teacher. If we humans would take on only a little from the realm of flora, many human problems would be solved. Its slow-motion growth, being rooted to one place, utilisation of sunlight, hibernation, the incredible ramification, adaption, the ability to wait: that is just a tiny bit that just occurs to me now.
(2000)
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Functional architecture has proved to be the wrong road to take, similar to painting with a straight-edged ruler.
(Mouldiness Manifesto Against Rationalism in Architecture, 1958)
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Everything is so infinitely simple, so infinitely beautiful
(Hundertwasser on Hundertwasser, 1975)
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Beauty is a panacea
(1999)
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