Lack of ornament is a sign of spiritual strength.

Ornamentlosigkeit ist ein zeichen geistiger kraft.

Adolf Loos

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Topic

Simplicity

Speaker

Adolf Loos

Source

Ornament and Crime

Medium

Speech

Language

German

Time

1908 1900s 20th century

Occupation

Architect

From

Czech Republic Europe

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Original Citation

Loos, Adolf. "Ornament und Verbrechen [Ornament and Crime]." 21 Jan. 1910, Academic Association for Literature and Music, Vienna, Austria. Lecture.

Current Citation

Loos, Adolf. Ornament and Crime. Penguin Classics, 2019.

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Language
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.

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Topic
Ruling class Class conflict History of ideas Ideas

Author

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Time
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Original Citation

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Current Citation

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