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anything and which do not have any
connection with our contemporary life. We have to get rid of the styles. They
are poison for living architecture, for living art.
They
do not use styles in other arts, do they?
Or
could you imagine someone speaking about Galsworthy’s books and saying: “Is it
early Italian, or is it Greek, or is it Spanish?” No. Or, could you imagine
someone speaking about Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony and saying: “Is it early
Orpheus, or late Liszt, or Middle Mozart?”
No,
you could not.
You
could not, because you know what it is. And everyone knows that Tchaikovsky’s
Fifth Symphony is Tchaikovsky, and it comes directly from his inner-most soul
and goes directly into the deepest heart of the public. And the public
understands it.
The
public understands our language, too, if we speak directly, and if there is
logic in our thoughts and if there is truth in our words.
We
do not need to educate the public.
Our
art has to do it.
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