Friedensreich Hundertwasser

"We must at last put a stop to having people move into their quarters like chickens and rabbits into their coops."

"Today we live in a chaos of straight lines, in a jungle of straight lines. If you do not believe this, take the trouble to count the straight lines which surround you. Then you will understand, for yo…"

"A person in a rented apartment must be able to lean out of his window and scrape off the masonry within arm's reach. And he must be allowed to take a long brush and paint everything outside within arm…"

"I close my eyes halfway just as when I conceive paintings and I see the houses 'Dunkelbunt' -glowing in pure strong and deep colours a little sad like seem on a rainy day instead of ugly cream colour …"

"Pictures of his Project Living beneath the rain tower"

"Hundertwasser architectur website"

"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."

"Everyone should be able to build, and as long as this freedom to build does not exist, the present-day planned architecture cannot be considered art at all."