he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
ADOLF LOOSThe house satisfies a requirement.
More Adolf Loos Quotes
-
-
It was the first work of art. A horizontal stroke: the woman lying down.
ADOLF LOOS -
How they lived, what was their religion, their art, their mentality.
ADOLF LOOS -
He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him.
ADOLF LOOS -
The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it.
ADOLF LOOS -
The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not.
ADOLF LOOS -
Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth.
ADOLF LOOS -
The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
ADOLF LOOS -
The house thinks of the present.
ADOLF LOOS -
Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement.
ADOLF LOOS -
The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.
ADOLF LOOS -
How these people dressed, built their houses,
ADOLF LOOS -
The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.
ADOLF LOOS -
I would be able to infer, form the shape of that button
ADOLF LOOS -
Tattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats.
ADOLF LOOS -
I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle.
ADOLF LOOS