Frank Lloyd Wright (1867 – 1959)
American architect.
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.
To look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look at something like the section of a fibrous tumor.
Here I am, Philip, am I indoors or am I out? Do I take my hat off or keep it on?
I find it hard to believe that the machine would go into the creative artist’s hand even were that magic hand in true place. It has been too far exploited by industrialism and science at expense to art and true religion.
The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.
All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
His place in history is secure. His continuing influence is assured. This country's architectural achievements would be unthinkable without him. He has been a teacher to us all.
So long, Frank Lloyd Wright.
I can't believe your song is gone so soon.
I barely learned the tune
Human beings can be beautiful. If they are not beautiful it is entirely their own fault. It is what they do to themselves that makes them ugly. The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.
I doubt if there is anything in the world uglier than a Midwestern city.
He's the greatest architect of the nineteenth century.
Nature is all the body of God we mortals will ever see.