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

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 law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice. The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.

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

The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.

Supply and demand regulate architectural form.