Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement.
ADOLF LOOSThe work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it.
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He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him.
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The house thinks of the present.
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The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.
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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 shows people new directions and thinks of the future.
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I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament.
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The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.
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If someone who is tattooed dies in freedom, then he does so a few years before he would have committed murder.
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. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.
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Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.
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The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice.
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The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
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Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort.
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The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.
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The house satisfies a requirement.
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