The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.
ADOLF LOOSThe work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone.
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Supply and demand regulate architectural form.
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The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future.
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Thus he loves the house and hates art.
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A vertical stroke: the male who penetrates her.
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The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
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I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle.
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Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
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The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.
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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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I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament.
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How these people dressed, built their houses,
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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.
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The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone.
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Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth.
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