Adolf Loos
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The Architect is tasked to make more precise the sentiments that architecture arouses in man.
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Fashion is culture manifest in material. If nothing were left of an extinct race but a single shirt button, one could infer, form the shape of that button, how these people dressed, built their houses, how they lived, what was their religion, their art, their mentality.
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The House is conservative and about serving comfort, in contrast to the work of art which is revolutionary.
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The House is distinguished from the work of art in this: the work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it, but the house satisfies a requirement.
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The House is directed toward the present (while the work of art reveals new directions).