The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.
The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.
Supply and demand regulate architectural form.
Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.
Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.
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.