The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.
ADOLF LOOSThe house has to serve comfort
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How they lived, what was their religion, their art, their mentality.
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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 is brought into the world without there being a need for it.
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The house has to serve comfort
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How these people dressed, built their houses,
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A vertical stroke: the male who penetrates her.
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Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
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Thus he loves the house and hates art.
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Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort.
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It was the first work of art. A horizontal stroke: the woman lying down.
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I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament.
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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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I would be able to infer, form the shape of that button
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Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.
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The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
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