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ADOLF LOOSIt was the first work of art. A horizontal stroke: the woman lying down.
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How these people dressed, built their houses,
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How they lived, what was their religion, their art, their mentality.
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Tattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats.
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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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Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement.
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Architecture arouses sentiments in man. T
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The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice.
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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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Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.
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Thus he loves the house and hates art.
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The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it.
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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 house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not.
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he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
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