He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him.
ADOLF LOOSThe house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not.
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I would be able to infer, form the shape of that button
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. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.
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Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth.
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It was the first work of art. A horizontal stroke: the woman lying down.
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The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.
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The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
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The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone.
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The house has to serve comfort
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The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice.
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How these people dressed, built their houses,
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Thus he loves the house and hates art.
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The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.
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How they lived, what was their religion, their art, their mentality.
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Supply and demand regulate architectural form.
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All art is erotic.
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