The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present.
Adolf Loos
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Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved. -
But I feel truly wowed by the architecture and the meaning of the architecture if you get lost in it and think about the man hours in the smallest little chapel, and the love involved. God it's fantastic. -
Poetry is not only dream and vision it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change, a bridge across our fears of what has never been before. -
Painting, sculpture and architecture are finished, but the art habit continues. -
I would fix other people's lines if they asked me on occasion. The hard part of writing is the architecture of it, getting the story and structuring it. Not the tweaking of lines.
More quotes by Adolf Loos
- Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.
- The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present.
- 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.
- 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.
- Be truthful, nature only sides with truth.