Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.

Quote by Frank Lloyd Wright

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Democracy is the opposite of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, or mobocracy.

Democracy is the opposite of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, or mobocracy.

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.

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....

All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable.

All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable.

A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to...

A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to...

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.

A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his client to...

A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his client to...

I think Ms. Monroe's architecture is extremely good architecture.

I think Ms. Monroe's architecture is extremely good architecture.

To look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look...

To look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look...

Why, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves.

Why, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves.

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

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...

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.

Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.

Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.

We should have a system of economics that is structure, that is organic tools. We...

We should have a system of economics that is structure, that is organic tools. We...

Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.

Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.

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...

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......

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.