The work of art shows people new directions and thinks of the future. The house thinks of the present. – Adolf Loos
The house has to please everyone, contrary to the work of art which does not. The work is a private matter for the artist. The house is not. – Adolf Loos
Architecture arouses sentiments in man. The architects task therefore, is to make those sentiments more precise. – Adolf Loos
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