"Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and……" — Frank Lloyd Wright
"Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes."
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165 Quotes by Frank Lloyd Wright
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I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up.
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Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own…
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All the more I study Nature do I revere God, because Nature is all the body of God we will…
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The best friend on earth of man is the tree: When we use the tree respectfully and economically, we have…
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The ultimate creative thinking technique is to think like God. If you're an atheist, pretend how God would do it.
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The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it…
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Architecture is for the young. If our teenagers don't get architecture - if they are not inspired, (then) we won't…
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You can't make an architect. But you can open the doors and windows toward the light as you see it.
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Individuality realized is the supreme attainment of the human soul, the master-master's work of art. Individuality is sacred.
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I find it hard to believe that the machine would go into the creative artist's hand even were that magic…
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Science can give us only the tools in the box, these mechanical miracles that it has already given us. But…
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We've been fighting from the beginning for organic architecture. That is, architecture where the whole is to the part as…
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More Cynical Quotes
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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us…
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The majority of husbands remind me of an orangutan trying to play the violin.
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It's not that the Irish are cynical. It's rather that they have a wonderful lack of respect for everything and…
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The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet…
— John Berger
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Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Students now arrive at the university ignorant and cynical about our political heritage, lacking the wherewithal to be either inspired…
— Allan Bloom
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I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not…
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It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
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It's so easy to manipulate an audience, but it's nearly always clear that you are being manipulated. I think even…
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If we listened to our intellect, we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go…
— Ray Bradbury
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I'm sure some cynical people would point to that as the main reason for doing it for a lot of…
— Jo Brand
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For better or for worse, I've watched people die in front of me. I see how they are in the…
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