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Form follows function.

— Louis Sullivan

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Form and function are a unity, two sides of one coin. In order to enhance function, appropriate form must exist or be created.

— Ida Pauline Rolf

Modification of form is admitted to be a matter of time.

— Alfred Russel Wallace

I do not oppose form, but only form as a goal.

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times.

— Richard Rogers

Form must have a content, and that content must be linked with nature.

— Alvar Aalto

To me, form doesn't always follow function. Form has a life of its own, and at times, it may be the motivating force in design. When you're dealing with form as a sculptor, you feel that you are quite free in attempting to mould and shape things you want to do, but in architecture, it's much more difficult because it has to have a function.

— I. M. Pei

✗Opposing Perspectives

The designer must understand that form does not follow function nor does form follow a production process. For every use and for every production process there are innumerable equally attractive solutions.

— Eva Zeisel

Form follows beauty.

— Oscar Niemeyer

My work is not about 'form follows function,' but 'form follows beauty' or, even better, 'form follows feminine.'

— Oscar Niemeyer