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At the beginning of the nineteenth century we abandoned tradition, it's at that point that I intend to renew it because the present is built on the past just as the past was built on the times that went before it.
Adolf Loos
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— Adolf Loos

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At the beginning of the nineteenth century we abandoned tradition, it's at that point that I intend to renew it because the present is built on the past just as the past was built on the times that went before it. — Adolf Loos

About Adolf Loos

Adolf Loos was a Architect from Austria (1870–1933).

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Adolf Loos lived from 1870 – 1933.