Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes

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• The scientist has marched in and taken the place of the poet. But one day somebody will find the solution to the problems of the… Day
• Television is bubble-gum for the mind Bubble
• True ornament is not a matter of prettifying externals. It is organic with the structure it adorns, whether a person, a building, or a park.… Adorns
• All I learned from Eliel Saarinen was how to make out an expense account Account
• Space. The continual becoming: invisible fountain from which all rhythms flow and to which they must pass. Beyond time or infinity All
• Democracy is the opposite of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, or mobocracy. Communism
• Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. Architecture
• A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature is manifest there. Appear
• I attend the greatest of all Churches. I put a capital N on Nature, and call it my Church. All
• So here I stand before you preaching organic architecture: declaring organic architecture to be the modern ideal and the teaching so much needed if we… Any
• Dining is and always was a great artistic opportunity. Artistic
• If capitalism is fair then unionism must be. If men and women have a right to capitalize their ideas and the resources of their country,… Capitalism
• The longer I lived, the more beautiful life became - despite my personal tragedies, the fire, despite my third wife and her dreadful taste. My… All
• I never design a building before I've seen the site and met the people who will be using it. Building
• A building is not just a place to be but a way to be. Architecture
• If you foolishly ignore beauty, then you will soon find yourself without it. Beauty
• You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site. Construction
• The outcome of the city will depend on the race between the automobile and the elevator, and anyone who bets on the elevator is crazy. Anyone
• The two most important tools an architect has are the eraser in the drawing room and the sledge hammer on the construction site. Architect
• I think Ms. Monroe's architecture is extremely good architecture. Architecture

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