The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not.
ADOLF LOOSThe first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.
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The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future.
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I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle.
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The house has to serve comfort
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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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Architecture arouses sentiments in man. T
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I would be able to infer, form the shape of that button
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he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
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It was the first work of art. A horizontal stroke: the woman lying down.
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How these people dressed, built their houses,
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. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.
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Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement.
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Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.
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Supply and demand regulate architectural form.
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Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
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