The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not.
ADOLF LOOSThe house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not.
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Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth.
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The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice.
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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 work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.
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The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone.
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I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament.
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It was the first work of art. A horizontal stroke: the woman lying down.
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I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle.
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Thus he loves the house and hates art.
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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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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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Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement.
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How they lived, what was their religion, their art, their mentality.
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How these people dressed, built their houses,
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Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.
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