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Art Quotes by Adolf Loos
- The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present.
- 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…
- 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…
- The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.
- 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…
- All art is erotic. The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin. It was the first work of art. A…
- 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…
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