Supply and demand regulate architectural form.

Be not afraid of being called un-fashionable.

The Potemkin city of which I wish to speak here is none other than our dear Vienna herself.

Lack of ornamentation is a sign of spiritual strength.

Be truthful. Nature only sides with truth.

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.

The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.

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

The law courts must appear as a threatening gesture toward secret vice. The bank must declare: here your money is secure and well looked after by honest people.

Man loves everything that satisfies his comfort. He hates everything that wants to draw him out of his acquired and secured position and that disturbs him. Thus he loves the house and hates art.

The room has to be comfortable; the house has to look habitable.

Good literature is a mirror through which we see ourselves more clearly.

I can last two months on a good compliment.

The only walk of life where you can rightfully chill and run.Celebrate childhood!! Happy Childrens Day!!

In any race between human numbers and natural resources, time is against us.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

Security without liberty is called prison.

I've been so lazy all my life. I used to literally lie on the couch, up until the age of 35, fearing that my bones were dissolving like sugar cubes, from disuse.

Rule of science: only exclude purpose, and Nature will reveal her causes.

Anyone of my generation who trusts government probably has an I.Q. that would make a good golf score.

Jesus asks for far more than you ever thought, but offers more than you ever dreamed.