Bernard Rudofsky, Behind the Picture Window (New York: 1955): “...by the time the owner moves into his house and unloads his belongings, he seems to have forgotten all about [square footage]. In fact, he never stops adding more furnishings. The precious breathing space of the house leaks out of its pores under the pressure of forces from within and without--from the outside the crushing weight of confinement by a skimpy lot and looming neighbors, from the inside the cancerous growth of household equipment.” (Cited in Donaldson, p. 73)

(Donaldson, Scott. The Suburban Myth. New York: Columbia University Press, 1969. Print.)