No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.

Quote by Frank Lloyd Wright

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Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes.

Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes.

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...

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.

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the...

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the...

The truth is more important than the facts.

The truth is more important than the facts.

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...

Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.

Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.

The space within becomes the reality of the building.

The space within becomes the reality of the building.

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

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...

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

An idea is salvation by imagination.

An idea is salvation by imagination.

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.

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas

Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.

Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.

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...

An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking...

An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking...

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...

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.