The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.
ADOLF LOOSTattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats.
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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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The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone.
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Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
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The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
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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 thinks of the present.
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Architecture arouses sentiments in man. T
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All art is erotic.
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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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The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.
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The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice.
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Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement.
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Tattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats.
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Supply and demand regulate architectural form.
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