111 Quotes About Hygge

Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful. -William Morris

He didn't remember, he didn't worry, he just was. -Tove Jansson

What a splendid piece of furniture an armchair is, of utmost importance and usefulness to a contemplative man. During those long winter evenings, it is often sweet and always advisable to stretch out luxuriously in one, far from the din of crowds. A good fire, a few books, some quills - what excellent antidotes to boredom!

Hygge offers space for both reverie and relatedness. The heat of an open fire draws us close. Its shadow gives us a place to hide and softens our gaze.

Architecture is about the understanding of the world and turning it into a more meaningful and humane place. -Juhani Pallasmaa

The structure of life I have described in buildings - the structure which I believe to be objective - is deeply and inextricably connected with the human person, and with the innermost nature of human feeling. -Christopher Alexander

Hygge helps us to communicate what it's like to be human; it is part of a global vocabulary that speaks to our humanity and addresses our basic human need to belong. It's an old word for a new language that we are beginning to explore in order to share values common to us all.

The grace of a curve is an invitation to remain. We cannot break away from it without hoping to return. -Gaston Bachelard

It is in the shelter of each other that the people live. -Irish proverb