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Adolf Loos Quotes

Adolf Loos quotes

Austrian Architect December 10, 1870 – August 8, 1933

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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 disturbs him. Thus he loves the house and hates art. 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 if it be hundreds of years old has a stronger inner bond with us than the lie that walks by our side. Adolf Loos
Adolf Loos quote: "The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the..."
The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present. Adolf Loos
The unadorned gentleman's suit was the product of the change from rigid status to social structures constantly shifting in response to the forces of modern capitalism, becoming ever more egalitarian in both appearance and reality. 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 ornament. I said, “weep not. Behold! What makes our period so important is that it is incapable of producing new ornament. We have out-grown ornament, we have struggled through to a state without ornament. Behold, the time is at hand, fulfilment awaits us. Soon the streets of the cities will glow like white walls! Like Zion, the Holy City, the capital of heaven. It is then that... 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 art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone. The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort. Adolf Loos
Adolf Loos quote: "Be truthful, nature only sides with truth."
Be truthful, nature only sides with truth. Adolf Loos
Adolf Loos quote: "The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is..."
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. Adolf Loos
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. 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 built on the past just as the past was built on the times that went before it. 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 very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfils a function is to be excluded from the domain of art. Adolf Loos
The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice. The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people. Adolf Loos
Adolf Loos quote: "The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other..."
The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself. Adolf Loos
Adolf Loos quote: "The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable."
The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable. Adolf Loos
Adolf Loos quote: "Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task..."
Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise. Adolf Loos

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