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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The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind

Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.

Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.

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...

The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.

The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.

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...

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

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

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

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...

The space within becomes the reality of the building.

The space within becomes the reality of the building.

The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you...

The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you...

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...

Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a...

Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a...

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...

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.

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....

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.

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...

Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great,...

Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great,...

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.