How these people dressed, built their houses,
ADOLF LOOSLack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.
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The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not.
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The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.
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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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The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice.
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The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
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Thus he loves the house and hates art.
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The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone.
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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 satisfies a requirement.
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he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
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I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle.
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Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth.
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Supply and demand regulate architectural form.
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Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort.
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The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.
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