"Imitation is always insult--not flattery." — Frank Lloyd Wright
"Imitation is always insult--not flattery."
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Frank Lloyd Wright
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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 Flattery Quotes
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Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if…
— Pietro Aretino
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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as…
— John Adams
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet…
— Joseph Addison
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Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt, not swallowed.
— Josh Billings
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The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
— Josh Billings
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He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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The flattery of posterity is not worth much more than contemporary flattery, which is worth nothing.
— Jorge Luis Borges
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Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.
— Joyce Brothers
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We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of…
— Jean de la Bruyere
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
— Edmund Burke
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Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body.…
— Winston Churchill
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Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.
— Antisthenes
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