he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
ADOLF LOOSOtherwise 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.
More Adolf Loos Quotes
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Thus he loves the house and hates art.
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Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.
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. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.
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Supply and demand regulate architectural form.
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The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.
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The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
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The house has to serve comfort
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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 first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.
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I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament.
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I would be able to infer, form the shape of that button
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Tattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats.
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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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