Cultural evolution is equivalent to the removal of ornament from articles in daily use. — Adolf Loos
Cultural evolution is equivalent to the removal of ornament from articles in daily use.
In the original German
Evolution der kultur ist gleichbedeutend mit dem entfernen des ornamentes aus dem gebrauchsgegenstande.
1910
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Loos, Adolf. Ornament and Crime. Penguin Classics, 2019.
Original citation
Loos, Adolf. "Ornament und Verbrechen [Ornament and Crime]." 21 Jan. 1910, Academic Association for Literature and Music, Vienna, Austria. Lecture.