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Adolf Loos36 quotes“Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement.”
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The house satisfies a requirement.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos It was the first work of art. A horizontal stroke: the woman lying down.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos All art is erotic.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos The house thinks of the present.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos Supply and demand regulate architectural form.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos Tattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats.
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Edward de BonoEdward de Bono The traditional difficulty of balancing the mechanical with the imaginative schools of photography still operates.
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Aaron SanchezAaron Sanchez The traditional disputes of philosophers are, for the most part, as unwarranted as they are unfruitful.
A.J. AyerA.J. Ayer The greatest impediments to changes in our traditional roles seem to lie not in the visible world of conscious intent, but in the murky realm of the unconscious mind.
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