Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement.
ADOLF LOOSChanges in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement.
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I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament.
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he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
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. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.
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Architecture arouses sentiments in man. T
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The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future.
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Thus he loves the house and hates art.
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Tattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats.
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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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Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort.
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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 law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice.
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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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The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.
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The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
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The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.
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