The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
ADOLF LOOSThe Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.
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Architecture arouses sentiments in man. T
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he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
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I would be able to infer, form the shape of that button
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A vertical stroke: the male who penetrates her.
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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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How these people dressed, built their houses,
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The house thinks of the present.
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Lack 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 house satisfies a requirement.
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. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.
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Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
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The house has to serve comfort
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The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice.
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I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle.
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