Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

Quote by Frank Lloyd Wright

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The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term......

The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term......

Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a...

Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a...

The truth is more important than the facts.

The truth is more important than the facts.

Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in...

Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in...

No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express...

No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express...

TV is chewing gum for the eyes.

TV is chewing gum for the eyes.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll Le Corbusier go write four books about...

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll Le Corbusier go write four books about...

I have been black and blue in some spot, somewhere, almost all my life from...

I have been black and blue in some spot, somewhere, almost all my life from...

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture....

Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture....

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

An idea is salvation by imagination.

An idea is salvation by imagination.

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll [Le Corbusier] go write four books about...

Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll [Le Corbusier] go write four books about...

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul...

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul...

If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.

If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.

The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be...

The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be...

Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light,...

Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light,...

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.

I believe totally in a Capitalist System, I only wish that someone would try it.

I believe totally in a Capitalist System, I only wish that someone would try it.

Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.

Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.