The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin. ADOLF LOOS BeenCrossEroticFirstInventedOriginOrnament
The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice. ADOLF LOOS AppearCourtLawPeopleSecretThreateningThrerating
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. ADOLF LOOS HundredLyingSideStayStrongerTraditionalTruthWalkYear
If someone who is tattooed dies in freedom, then he does so a few years before he would have committed murder. ADOLF LOOS BeforeCommittedDoesFreedomMurderSomeoneTattooedYear
The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. ADOLF LOOS ArtEveryoneHomeHousePleaseWork