36 Quotes by Adolf Loos

"I have emerged victorious from my thirty years of struggle. I have freed mankind from superfluous ornament."

"Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth."

"Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength."

"If we find a mound six feet long and three feet wide in the forests, formed into a pyramid, shaped by a shovel, we become serious and something says, “someone lies buried here”... Now that is architecture."

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

"Be truthful, nature only sides with truth."