The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.

Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.

Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth.

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.

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

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

Supply and demand regulate architectural form.