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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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...

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...

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...

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches fifty, and a fool...

A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches fifty, and a fool...

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas.

The insolence of authority is endeavoring to substitute money for ideas.

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...

An idea is salvation by imagination.

An idea is salvation by imagination.

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...

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.

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...

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...

Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.

Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.

Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.

Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.

Space is the breath of art.

Space is the breath of art.

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...

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.

God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often...

God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often...

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.

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

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