12 Quotes & Sayings By Charles Eames

Charles and Ray Eames (1905-1978 and 1933-1988 respectively) were an American husband and wife filmmaking team known for their modernist furniture designs and films. Charles and Ray were also influential designers of plastic and fiberglass furniture, home furnishings, architectural concepts, film sets, and film productions. Their professional partnership began in 1940 when they founded the design firm Eames Office. They traveled together to Europe in 1948 during the post-war period, where they met Danish architect Arne Jacobsen Read more

The two became close friends and shared a love of modernism and architecture. They worked closely together for thirty years to produce a body of work that has transcended art and design.

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Eventually everything connects – people, ideas, objects...the quality of the connections is the key to quality per se... I don't believe in this 'gifted few' concept, just in people doing things they are really interested in doing. They have a way of getting good at whatever it is. Charles Eames
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Eventually Everything Connects - all the Pain, the Struggle & the People. Charles Eames
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Take your pleasure seriously. Charles Eames
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In architecture the idea degenerated. Design allows a more direct and pleasurable route. Charles Eames
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Design is a plan for arranging elements in such a way as best to accomplish a particular purpose. Charles Eames
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Choose your corner, pick away at it carefully, intensely and to the best of your ability and that way you might change the world. Charles Eames
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The details are not the details. They make the design. Charles Eames
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Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se. Charles Eames
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Recognizing the need is the primary condition for design. Charles Eames
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To whom does design address itself: to the greatest number, to the specialist of an enlightened matter, to a privileged social class? Design addresses itself to the need. Charles Eames
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Art resides in the quality of doing, process is not magic. Charles Eames