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

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.

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

Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.

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

Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.