Friedensreich Hundertwasser Quotes

Only when architect, bricklayer and tenant are a unity, or one and the same person, can we speak of architecture. Everything else is not architecture, but a criminal act which has taken on form.

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

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  Friedensreich Hundertwasser
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