The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.
ADOLF LOOSThe work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future.
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. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.
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Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth.
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The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
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The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it.
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It was the first work of art. A horizontal stroke: the woman lying down.
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The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin.
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Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
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he architect’s task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
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Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.
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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 work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not.
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I would be able to infer, form the shape of that button
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The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice.
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The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future.
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Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort.
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