Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Henry van de Velde

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Belgian painter Henry van de Velde.
Last updated on April 22, 2025.
Henry van de Velde

Henry Clemens van de Velde was a Belgian painter, architect, interior designer, and art theorist. Together with Victor Horta and Paul Hankar, he is considered one of the founders of Art Nouveau in Belgium. He worked in Paris with Samuel Bing, the founder of the first gallery of Art Nouveau in Paris. Van de Velde spent the most important part of his career in Germany and became a major figure in the German Jugendstil. He had a decisive influence on German architecture and design at the beginning of the 20th century.

I believe that everything in Nature aspires to the acme of strength, well-being, and happiness; and everything that deviates from this I call immoral. — © Henry van de Velde
I believe that everything in Nature aspires to the acme of strength, well-being, and happiness; and everything that deviates from this I call immoral.
Beauty is the result of clarity and system and not of optical illusion.
Ugliness corrupts not only the eyes, but also the heart and mind.
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