He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him.
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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Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.
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All art is erotic.
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I would be able to infer, form the shape of that button
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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 shows people new directions and thinks of the future.
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I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament.
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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 revolutionary; the house is conservative.
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The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice.
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It was the first work of art. A horizontal stroke: the woman lying down.
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Tattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats.
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The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.
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he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
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Thus he loves the house and hates art.
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How these people dressed, built their houses,
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The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
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The house thinks of the present.
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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 has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not.
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The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
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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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The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.
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The house has to serve comfort
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Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth.
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Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement.
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