#be

At the beginning of the nineteenth century we abandoned tradition, it's at that point that I intend to renew it because the present is built on the past just as the past was built on the times that went before it. ↗

— Adolf Loos

#because #before #beginning #built #century

Does it follow that the house has nothing in common with art and is architecture not to be included in the arts? Only a very small part of architecture belongs to art: the tomb and the monument. Everything else that fulfils a function is to be excluded from the domain of art. ↗

— Adolf Loos

#art #arts #belongs #common #does

It does not do to use it with forms whose origin is intimately bound up with a specific material simply because no technical difficulties stand in the way. ↗

— Adolf Loos

#bound #difficulties #does #forms #intimately

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. ↗

— Adolf Loos

#being #brought #comfort #draw #everyone

I've been using narcotics for 20 years. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#i #narcotics #using #years

I once witnessed more ardent emotions between men at an Elks' Rally in Pasadena than they could ever have felt for the type of woman available to an Elk. ↗

— Anita Loos

#available #between #could #emotions #ever

I really think that American gentlemen are the best after all, because kissing your hand may make you feel very good but a diamond and a sapphire bracelet lasts forever. ↗

— Anita Loos

#american #because #best #bracelet #diamond

Show business is the best possible therapy for remorse. ↗

— Anita Loos

#business #possible #remorse #show #show business

When things are bad, it's the best time to reinvent yourself. ↗

— George Lopez

#best #best time #reinvent #things #time

Prejudices and preferences exist and will continue to. When you learn how to market yourself, you become less of a victim. ↗

— Lavrenti Lopes

#continue #exist #how #learn #less