--- title: "24 Building Quotes By Frank Lloyd Wright" description: "24 Building quotes by Frank Lloyd Wright. Plus more from Frank Lloyd Wright and more Building sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_architect_the-room-within-is-the-great-fact-about_3147249.jpg" --- > [The room within is the great fact about the building.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/the-room-within-is-the-great-fact-about-the-building/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_architect_the-room-within-is-the-great-fact-about_3147249.jpg) > [More and more, so it seems to me, light is the beautifier of the building.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/more-and-more-so-it-seems-to-me-light-is-the-beautifier-of-the/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/632/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_building_more-and-more-so-it-seems-to-me-light-is_3229662.jpg) > [It is a terrific thing to get a building built that has the qualities of greatness in it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/it-is-a-terrific-thing-to-get-a-building-built-that-has-the-qualities/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33e/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_building_it-is-a-terrific-thing-to-get-a-building_2982806.jpg) > [I never design a building before I've seen the site and met the people who will be using it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/i-never-design-a-building-before-i-ve-seen-the-site-and-met-the/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_building_i-never-design-a-building-before-i-ve-se_2441738.jpg) > [I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/i-follow-in-building-the-principles-which-nature-has-used-in-its/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b99/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_architect_i-follow-in-building-the-principles-whic_2865023.jpg) > [Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll go write four books about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/well-now-that-he-s-finished-one-building-he-ll-go-write-four-books/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/386/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_book_well-now-that-he-s-finished-one-building_2449220.jpg) > [The space within becomes the reality of the building.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/the-space-within-becomes-the-reality-of-the-building/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_building_the-space-within-becomes-the-reality-of_1832813.jpg) > [ Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll \[Le Corbusier\] go write four books about it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/well-now-that-he-s-finished-one-building-he-ll-le-corbusier-go-write/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_books_well-now-that-he-s-finished-one-building_1506798.jpg) > [The tall modern office building is the machine pure and simple...the engine, the motor and the battleship the works of the century.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/the-tall-modern-office-building-is-the-machine-pure-and-simple-the/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c41/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_building_the-tall-modern-office-building-is-the-m_2482050.jpg) > [The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/the-good-building-is-not-one-that-hurts-the-landscape-but-one-which/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0db/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_architect_the-good-building-is-not-one-that-hurts_1595333.jpg) > [A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature is manifest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/a-building-should-appear-to-grow-easily-from-its-site-and-be-shaped/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_building_a-building-should-appear-to-grow-easily_2657955.jpg) > [ Money shows \[man\] new ways to cheat life. Power becomes exterior instead of interior. In these circumstances architecture becomes too difficult, building… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/money-shows-man-new-ways-to-cheat-life-power-becomes-exterior-instead/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4a/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_architecture_money-shows-man-new-ways-to-cheat-life-p_1430715.jpg) > [The outside of any building may now come inside and the inside go outside, each seems as part of the other. Continuity,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/the-outside-of-any-building-may-now-come-inside-and-the-inside-go/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de3/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_building_the-outside-of-any-building-may-now-come_1456024.jpg) > [We create our buildings and then they create us. Likewise, we construct our circle of friends and our communities and then they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/we-create-our-buildings-and-then-they-create-us-likewise-we-construct/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_building_we-create-our-buildings-and-then-they-cr_439934.jpg) > [Building becomes architecture only when the mind of man consciously takes it and tries with all his resources to make it beautiful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/building-becomes-architecture-only-when-the-mind-of-man-consciously/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f8/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_architecture_building-becomes-architecture-only-when_1996544.jpg) > [ On this simple unit-system \[of building blocks\] ruled on the low table-top all these forms were combined by the child into imaginative… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/on-this-simple-unit-system-of-building-blocks-ruled-on-the-low-table/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fe/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_awakening_on-this-simple-unit-system-of-building-b_951166.jpg) > [At night... the streets become rhythmical perspectives of glowing dotted lines, reflections hung upon them in the streets as the wistaria hangs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/at-night-the-streets-become-rhythmical-perspectives-of-glowing-dotted/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_black_at-night-the-streets-become-rhythmical-p_1154900.jpg) > [The sense of space within the reality of any building is a new concept wherever architecture is concerned. But it is essential…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/the-sense-of-space-within-the-reality-of-any-building-is-a-new/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_ancient_the-sense-of-space-within-the-reality-of_3171612.jpg) > [True ornament is not a matter of prettifying externals. It is organic with the structure it adorns, whether a person, a building,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/true-ornament-is-not-a-matter-of-prettifying-externals-it-is-organic/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_building_true-ornament-is-not-a-matter-of-prettif_2284248.jpg) > [Take nothing for granted as beautiful or ugly, but take every building to pieces, and challenge every feature. Learn to distinguish the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/take-nothing-for-granted-as-beautiful-or-ugly-but-take-every-building/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc6/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_analysis_take-nothing-for-granted-as-beautiful-or_2666255.jpg) > [Beautiful buildings are more than scientific. They are true organisms, spiritually conceived; works of art, using the best technology by inspiration rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/beautiful-buildings-are-more-than-scientific-they-are-true-organisms/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_art_beautiful-buildings-are-more-than-scient_2262478.jpg) > [A civilization is only a way of life. A culture is the way of making that way of life beautiful. So culture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/a-civilization-is-only-a-way-of-life-a-culture-is-the-way-of-making/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af8/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_america_a-civilization-is-only-a-way-of-life-a-c_949670.jpg) > [A building is not just a place to be but a way to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/a-building-is-not-just-a-place-to-be-but-a-way-to-be/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c29/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_architecture_a-building-is-not-just-a-place-to-be-but_1241062.jpg) > [Architectural features of true democratic ground-freedom would rise naturally from topography, which means that buildings would all take on the nature and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/architectural-features-of-true-democratic-ground-freedom-would-rise/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cea/frank-lloyd-wright-1353_building_architectural-features-of-true-democrati_2113897.jpg) ## Other authors on Building ## More by Frank Lloyd Wright > [From time to time the continent shifts, and everything that isn't fastened down slides into Southern California.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/from-time-to-time-the-continent-shifts-and-everything-that-isn-t/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) > [Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/respect-the-masterpiece-it-is-true-reverence-to-man-there-is-no/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) > [“Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/nature-is-my-manifestation-of-god-i-go-to-nature-every-day-for/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) > [Each had his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart; and his friends could only read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/each-had-his-past-shut-in-him-like-the-leaves-of-a-book-known-to-him/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) > [“How many understand that Nature is the essencial character of whatever is. It's something you'll find by looking not at, but in, always in.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/how-many-understand-that-nature-is-the-essencial-character-of/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) > [The cultural influences in our country are like the floo floo bird. I am referring to the peculiar and especial bird who always flew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/the-cultural-influences-in-our-country-are-like-the-floo-floo-bird-i/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) > [Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/early-in-life-i-had-to-choose-between-honest-arrogance-and/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) > [The Lincoln Memorial is related to the toga and the civilization that wore it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/the-lincoln-memorial-is-related-to-the-toga-and-the-civilization-that/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) > [The belief in a thing makes it happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/the-belief-in-a-thing-makes-it-happen/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) > [“give me the luxuries of life and I will gladly do without the necessities.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/give-me-the-luxuries-of-life-and-i-will-gladly-do-without-the/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) > [It's easier to make changes with a pencil than a wrecking bar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/it-s-easier-to-make-changes-with-a-pencil-than-a-wrecking-bar/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) > [Life always rides in strength to victory, not through internationalism... but only through the direct responsibility of the individual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/life-always-rides-in-strength-to-victory-not-through-internationalism/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) > [A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches fifty, and a fool if he doesn't drink afterward.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/a-man-is-a-fool-if-he-drinks-before-he-reaches-fifty-and-a-fool-if-he/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) > [Entering into the spirit of this interior, you will discover the best possible atmosphere in which to show fine paintings or listen to music.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/entering-into-the-spirit-of-this-interior-you-will-discover-the-best/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) > [A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-lloyd-wright/a-great-architect-is-not-made-by-way-of-a-brain-nearly-so-much-as-he/) [Frank Lloyd Wright](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-lloyd-wright/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/building/frank-lloyd-wright/#itemlist", "name": "24 Building Quotes By Frank Lloyd Wright", "numberOfItems": 24, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The room within is the great fact about the 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