Otherwise stay with what is traditional, for truth, even if it be hundreds of years old has a stronger inner bond with us than the lie that walks by our side.
ADOLF LOOSThe work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.
More Adolf Loos Quotes
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The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
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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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The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.
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The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not.
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he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
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Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.
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How these people dressed, built their houses,
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Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement.
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Architecture arouses sentiments in man. T
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The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.
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It was the first work of art. A horizontal stroke: the woman lying down.
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Thus he loves the house and hates art.
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Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
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Tattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats.
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