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• 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…
• Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
• The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice. The bank must declare: here your money is secure and…
• Changes in the traditional way of building are only permitted if they are an improvement. Otherwise stay with what is traditional, for…
• Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort. He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position…
• The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.
• Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth.
• The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.
• The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
• The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it. The house satisfies a requirement. The…
• All art is erotic. The first ornament to have been invented, the cross, was of erotic origin. It was the first work…

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