The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. Adolf Loos artcomfortconservative Change image and share on social
The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself. Adolf Loos citydearpotemkin Change image and share on social
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 artbringcomfort share on social
It does not do to use it with forms whose origin is intimately bound up with a specific material simply because no technical difficulties stand in the way. Adolf Loos binddifficultyform Change image and share on social
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 abandonbeginbuild share on social
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 bankcourtdeclare Change image and share on social
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 acquireartcomfort Change image and share on social
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 artartistcontrary Change image and share on social
Supply and demand regulate architectural form. Adolf Loos architecturaldemandform Change image and share on social
The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present. Adolf Loos artdirectionfuture Change image and share on social
