Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
ADOLF LOOSIf someone who is tattooed dies in freedom, then he does so a few years before he would have committed murder.
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Tattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats.
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The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future.
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The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone.
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The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it.
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The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.
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Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.
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The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
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Architecture arouses sentiments in man. T
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The house thinks of the present.
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The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice.
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. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.
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Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort.
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Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement.
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he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
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Thus he loves the house and hates art.
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