The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone.
ADOLF LOOSBe truthful. Nature only sides with truth.
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The house satisfies a requirement.
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The house has to serve comfort
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Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
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He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him.
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Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort.
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The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.
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Thus he loves the house and hates art.
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The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.
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How they lived, what was their religion, their art, their mentality.
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Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.
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The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it.
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he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
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The house thinks of the present.
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The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
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Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement.
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