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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Less is only more where more is no good.

Less is only more where more is no good.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.

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...

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of...

No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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.

Freedom is from within.

Freedom is from within.

Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.

Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.

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.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.

Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.