How they lived, what was their religion, their art, their mentality.
ADOLF LOOSThe work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.
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Architecture arouses sentiments in man. T
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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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Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement.
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How these people dressed, built their houses,
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Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort.
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Thus he loves the house and hates art.
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Supply and demand regulate architectural form.
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The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.
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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 is brought into the world without there being a need for it.
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The house satisfies a requirement.
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All art is erotic.
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The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.
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Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
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The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
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