. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.
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I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos Tattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos I would be able to infer, form the shape of that button
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos How they lived, what was their religion, their art, their mentality.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos How these people dressed, built their houses,
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos 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.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos Architecture arouses sentiments in man. T
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos Thus he loves the house and hates art.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos The house has to serve comfort
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos 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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