If Nothing Were Left Of An Extinct

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.

I Have Emerged Victorious From My Thirty Years Of Struggle. I Have Freed Mankind From Superfluous Ornament.

If Nothing Were Left Of An Extinct Race But A Single Button, I Would Be Able To Infer, Form The Shape Of That Button, How These People Dressed, Built Their Houses, How They Lived, What Was Their Religion, Their Art, Their Mentality.

Changes In The Traditional Way Of Building Are Only Permitted If They Are An Improvement. Otherwise Stay With What Is Traditional, For Truth, Even If It Be Hundreds Of Years Old Has A Stronger Inner Bond With Us Than The Lie That Walks By Our Side.