Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world. (1939)

Quote by Frank Lloyd Wright

Topics: Architecture Quotes

Space is the breath of art.

Space is the breath of art.

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas

A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else...

A free America... means just this: individual freedom for all, rich or poor, or else...

Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture...

Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture...

Freedom is from within.

Freedom is from within.

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...

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of...

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of...

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...

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.

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;...

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...

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...

New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a...

New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a...

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...

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.

Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined...

Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined...

Think simple as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of...

Think simple as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of...