The others are the artists of the drawing board. Loos is the architect of the tabula rasa.
KARL KRAUS
"Let me take you to the shores of a mountain lake. The sky is blue, the water is green, and everything is imbued with the deepest peace. The mountains and clouds are reflected in the lake, and so are the houses, farmhouses and chapels! They stand there as if not created by human hand. As if they had come out of God’s workshop. Like the mountains and trees, the clouds and the blue sky. Everything emanates beauty and peace…
But what is that? A jarring note in all this peace. Like a meaningless shriek. In the midst of all these farmhouses, built not by farmers but by God, there stands a villa. Is it the work of a good or a bad architect? I do not know. All I know is that peace, calm and beauty are no more."
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