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Top 36 Best Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes (NATURE)

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Top 12 Most Famous Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes (ARCHITECTURE)

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.
The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.
We create our buildings and then they create us. Likewise, we construct our circle of friends and our communities and then they construct us.
We create our buildings and then they create us. Likewise, we construct our circle of friends and our communities and then they construct us.
Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work.
Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day’s work.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.
Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.
Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.
Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.
I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.
I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the things you want to see happen.
A doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.
A doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.
You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having.
You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having.
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
Love is the virtue of the Heart, Sincerity is the virtue of the Mind, Decision is the virtue of the Will, Courage is the virtue of the Spirit.
Love is the virtue of the Heart, Sincerity is the virtue of the Mind, Decision is the virtue of the Will, Courage is the virtue of the Spirit.
Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.
Form follows function – that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

18 Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes on Life, Art and Simplicity (EDUCATION)

Art is a discovery and development of elementary principles of nature into beautiful forms suitable for human use.
Art is a discovery and development of elementary principles of nature into beautiful forms suitable for human use.
Youth is not an age thing. It's a quality. Once you've had it, you never lose it.
Youth is not an age thing. It’s a quality. Once you’ve had it, you never lose it.
A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.
A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.
Early in my career… I had to choose between an honest arrogance and a hypercritical humility… I deliberately choose an honest arrogance, and I've never been sorry.
Early in my career… I had to choose between an honest arrogance and a hypercritical humility… I deliberately choose an honest arrogance, and I’ve never been sorry.
Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.
Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.
An idea is salvation by imagination.
An idea is salvation by imagination.
The architect must be a prophet… a prophet in the true sense of the term… if he can’t see at least ten years ahead don’t call him an architect.
The architect must be a prophet… a prophet in the true sense of the term… if he can’t see at least ten years ahead don’t call him an architect.
The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.
The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.
Less is only more where more is no good.
Less is only more where more is no good.
‘Think simple’ as my old master used to say – meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.
‘Think simple’ as my old master used to say – meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.
The truth is more important than the facts.
The truth is more important than the facts.
The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it.
The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it.
If you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.
If you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.
Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.
Art for art’s sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.
Imitation is always insult - not flattery.
Imitation is always insult – not flattery.
The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope.
The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope.
A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart.
A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart.
Youth is a circumstance you can't do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old.
Youth is a circumstance you can’t do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old.

6 Funny Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes (COMMON SENSE)

I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.
I’m all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let’s start with typewriters.
Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.
Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions
Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions
Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.
Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.
Television is chewing gum for the eyes.
Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

Frank Lloyd Wright Short Biography

Born on 8 June 1867 in Richland Center, Wisconsin, United States, Frank Lloyd Wright was a world-renowned architect and the founder of “organic architecture.”

Wright was a student of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1886, he stayed for a few terms and took engineering courses.

A year later he moved to Chicago and started working for J.L. Silsbee as a draftsman. In 1888 Wright started working for the firm Adler & Sullivan and became an apprentice.

Wright worked for the firm until 1893 when he opened his practice. Among his first projects under the new firm was the construction of a house for W.H. Winslow.

By 1900 Wright was the chief practitioner of Prairie architecture and from 1900 – 1910 had constructed 50 Prairie-style houses.

Aside from houses, Wright had also designed many public buildings. Wright’s most significant work was constructed overseas in Japan. The Imperial Hotel finished construction in 1922 and was one of the few buildings to have survived an earthquake a year later.

The Guggenheim Museum, considered a World Heritage Site, was Wright’s last major project before his death. In his lifetime Wright had designed 800 buildings.

Wright was also a writer and had written several books, such as his autobiography entitled An Autobiography which was published in 1932.

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Frank Lloyd Wright: The Houses (book)
Frank Lloyd Wright: The Houses

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