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.

Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architect's task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise.

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.

The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present.

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.

Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.

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.