The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.
ADOLF LOOSThe first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.
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he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
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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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Tattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats.
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I would be able to infer, form the shape of that button
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The house thinks of the present.
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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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I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament.
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. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.
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The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it.
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Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort.
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Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement.
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The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not.
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How they lived, what was their religion, their art, their mentality.
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Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
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The house satisfies a requirement.
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