Adolf Loos Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”