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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/does-it-follow-that-the-house-has-nothing-in-common-with-art-and-is/)

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## More by Adolf Loos

> [The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/the-house-has-to-serve-comfort-the-work-of-art-is-revolutionary-the/)

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> [The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/the-room-has-to-be-comfortable-the-house-has-to-look-habitable/)

[Adolf Loos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-loos/)

> [At the beginning of the nineteenth century we abandoned tradition, it's at that point that I intend to renew it because the present is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/at-the-beginning-of-the-nineteenth-century-we-abandoned-tradition-it/)

[Adolf Loos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-loos/)

> [Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/does-it-follow-that-the-house-has-nothing-in-common-with-art-and-is/)

[Adolf Loos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-loos/)

> [Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/lack-of-ornamentation-is-a-sign-of-spiritual-strength/)

[Adolf Loos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-loos/)

> [“I will not subscribe to the argument that ornament increases the pleasure of the life of a cultivated person, or the argument which covers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/i-will-not-subscribe-to-the-argument-that-ornament-increases-the/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/the-work-of-art-is-brought-into-the-world-without-there-being-a-need/)

[Adolf Loos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-loos/)

> [“Every period had its style: why was it that our period was the only one to be denied a style? By “style” was meant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/every-period-had-its-style-why-was-it-that-our-period-was-the-only/)

[Adolf Loos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-loos/)

> [Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement. Otherwise stay with what is traditional, for truth, even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/changes-in-the-traditional-way-of-building-are-only-permitted-if-they/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/man-loves-everything-that-satisfies-his-comfort-he-hates-everything/)

[Adolf Loos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-loos/)

> [If nothing were left of an extinct race but a single button, I would be able to infer, form the shape of that button,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/if-nothing-were-left-of-an-extinct-race-but-a-single-button-i-would/)

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> [The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/the-house-has-to-please-everyone-contrary-to-the-work-of-art-which/)

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> [The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/the-potemkin-city-of-which-i-wish-to-speak-here-is-none-other-than/)

[Adolf Loos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-loos/)

> [Tattooed men who are not behind bars are either latent criminals or degenerate aristocrats. If someone who is tattooed dies in freedom, then he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/tattooed-men-who-are-not-behind-bars-are-either-latent-criminals-or/)

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> [I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle. I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/i-have-emerged-victorious-from-my-thirty-years-of-struggle-i-have/)

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