The house thinks of the present.
ADOLF LOOSThe house thinks of the present.
ADOLF LOOSThe work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
ADOLF LOOSLack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.
ADOLF LOOSBe truthful. Nature only sides with truth.
ADOLF LOOShe architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
ADOLF LOOSHe hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him.
ADOLF LOOSTattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats.
ADOLF LOOSHow they lived, what was their religion, their art, their mentality.
ADOLF LOOSThe house has to serve comfort
ADOLF LOOSThe room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
ADOLF LOOSI would be able to infer, form the shape of that button
ADOLF LOOSIt was the first work of art. A horizontal stroke: the woman lying down.
ADOLF LOOSThus he loves the house and hates art.
ADOLF LOOSThe bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.
ADOLF LOOSThe Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.
ADOLF LOOSA vertical stroke: the male who penetrates her.
ADOLF LOOS