Le Corbusier
Architect, Designer, Urban Planner
"Chairs are architecture, sofas are bourgeois."
Sofas quotes
Sofas
16 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Mae West
Actress, Singer, Screenwriter
"Why don’t you come up and have a little ... scotch and sofa?"
Umberto Boccioni
Artist
"Our bodies penetrate the sofas upon which we sit and the sofas penetrate our bodies. The motorbus rushes into the houses which it passes, and in their turn the houses throw themselves upon the bus and are blended with it."
Demetri Martin
Comedian, Actor
"The sofa is the enemy of productivity."
Erma Bombeck
Humorist, Writer
"I would have invited friends over to dinner even if the carpet was stained, or the sofa faded."
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"The thing with playing live is, most of the audience is in their 20s and 30s. If you're older than that, you don't tend to go out to shows anymore. So it's good if you can attract a younger audience because they've got the energy to get up off the sofa and go out."
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"it is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa."
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