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

The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it. The house satisfies a requirement. The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone. The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.

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

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.

Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.

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

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