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The house thinks of the present.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos Supply and demand regulate architectural form.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos Tattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos I would be able to infer, form the shape of that button
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos How they lived, what was their religion, their art, their mentality.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos . The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos How these people dressed, built their houses,
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice.
Adolf LoosAdolf Loos
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Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
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Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne An untempted woman cannot boast of her chastity.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne [Before being burned at the stake for her faith:] Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames.
Joan of ArcJoan of Arc My marriage is on the rocks again, yeah, my wife just broke up with her boyfriend.
Rodney DangerfieldRodney Dangerfield His lips have confessed his love but her heart bleeds ice cold blood that doesn’t revive with the confession of life-giving moments, as she is someone who has surpassed the bonds of love.
Dr. Zainab AnsariDr. Zainab Ansari She doesn’t give you time for questions as she locks up your arms in hers. And you follow till your sense of direction completely disappears.
Al StewartAl Stewart It’s not preppies, cause I’m a preppie myself. I just don’t like homosexuals. If you ask me, they’re all homosexuals in the Pudding. Hey, I was glad when that Pudding homosexual got killed in Philadelphia.
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