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The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present... view
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The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it. The house satisfies a requirement. The work of art is responsible to none.. view
By: Adolf Loos
The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not... view
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It does not do to use it with forms whose origin is intimately bound up with a specific material simply because no technical difficulties stand in the way... view
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Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort. He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him. Thus he loves the house and hates art... view
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Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise... view
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Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement. 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... view
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Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable... view
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Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfils a function is to be excluded from the domain of art... view
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Be truthful, nature only sides with truth... view
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