Adolf Loos Quotes

Adolf Loos Famous Quotes & Sayings

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The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.

The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.

I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle. I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament.

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.

Be truthful, nature only sides with truth.

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.

Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.

Supply and demand regulate architectural form.

The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.

the development of culture is concurrent with the removal of ornaments from objects of daily use

The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present.

Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.