The Potemkin City Of Which

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.

Lack Of Ornamentation Is A Sign Of Spiritual Strength.

The Room Has To Be Comfortable; The House Has To Look Habitable.

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.

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