The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.
ADOLF LOOSHe hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him.
More Adolf Loos Quotes
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I would be able to infer, form the shape of that button
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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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I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle.
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The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.
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Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort.
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How they lived, what was their religion, their art, their mentality.
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. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.
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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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The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it.
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It was the first work of art. A horizontal stroke: the woman lying down.
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Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
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The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not.
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I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament.
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The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone.
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