“A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
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Maybe we can show government how to
“Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
Category: architecture
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Early in life I had to choose
“Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
Category: life
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Every great architect is – necessarily –
“Every great architect is – necessarily – a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
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Category: age
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God is the great mysterious motivator of
“God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often been said by philosophers, that nature is the will of God. And I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
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Every great architect is – necessarily –
“Every great architect is – necessarily – a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
Category: great
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Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use
“Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
Category: architecture
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A free America… means just this: individual
“A free America… means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else this system of government we call democracy is only an expedient to enslave man to the machine and make him like it.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
Category: politics
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The architect should strive continually to simplify;
“The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
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Simplicity and repose are the qualities that
“Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
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I believe in God, only I spell
“I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.”
— Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Frank Lloyd Wright
Category: god
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