Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
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Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect known for his innovative and organic approach to design. He is considered one of the greatest architects of the 20th century, famous for creating iconic buildings such as Fallingwater and the Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Wright's work has had a lasting impact on modern architecture and design.
1867–1959·lived 91 years
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledgehammer on the construction site.
Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.
The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.
The truth is more important than the facts.
A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.
I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.
Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.
Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.The Natural House, 1954
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, 1957
An idea is salvation by imagination.The Future of Architecture, 1953
If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.The Atomic Mr. Wright, Newsweek, May 16, 1955
Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.Two Lectures on Architecture, 1931
Set yourself earnestly to see what you are made to do, and then set yourself earnestly to do it.The Art of Seeing: Morning Talk at Taliesin West, 1952
That’s all 15 quotes by Frank Lloyd Wright.