Art Quote by Adolf Loos

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

— Adolf Loos

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

— 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…

— 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…

— Adolf Loos

Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.

— 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…

— Adolf Loos

The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it. The house satisfies a requirement. The work of…

— 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…

— 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…

— Adolf Loos

Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort. He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that…

— 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,…

— Adolf Loos

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

— Adolf Loos