Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.

Quote by Frank Lloyd Wright

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Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as...

A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as...

Life always rides in strength to victory, not through internationalism... but only through the direct...

Life always rides in strength to victory, not through internationalism... but only through the direct...

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...

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind

Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great...

Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great...

Get the habit of analysis - analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your...

Get the habit of analysis - analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your...

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.

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.

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose...

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose...

A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as...

A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as...

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to...

The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to...

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 architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in...

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.

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...

Bureaucrats: they are dead at 30 and buried at 60. They are like custard pies;...

Bureaucrats: they are dead at 30 and buried at 60. They are like custard pies;...

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

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,...