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«Think of the internal structure of the upper epiphysis of a human femur. Simply consider the difference that still exists between the fuselage of a glider and a heron’s ribcage: an integral of precision, matter brought together where needed and in no more measure than strictly necessary; maximum force and minimum weight: elegantia.»

Carlo Mollino (1905-1973)

Carlo Mollino, "Incanto e volontà di Antonelli", Torino, May 1941, p. 4.
Carlo Mollino, table for the exhibition "Italy at Work", 1950.
Julius Wolff, composite illustration showing orthogonally intersecting trabecular arches in a diagrammatic drawing of a coronally sectioned human proximal femur, 1870.

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«L’architetto, oltreché un poeta e matematico, dev’essere anche un meccanico, ragioniere, avvocato, becero, maestro di belle maniere, ingoiatore di rospi e charmeur, danzatore con vecchia signora, incantatore di serpenti; pena la morte se rifiuta.»

Carlo Mollino (1905-1973)

Carlo Mollino, Vita di Oberon, Casabella, 67, July 1933, pp. 40–42; 68–69, August–September 1933, pp. 44–45; 70, October 1933, p. 44; 71, November 1933, pp. 38–39.