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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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...

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.

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...

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...

Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light,...

Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light,...

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...

The Lincoln Memorial is related to the toga and the civilization that wore it.

The Lincoln Memorial is related to the toga and the civilization that wore it.

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...

The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies...

The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

I wouldn't mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera...

I wouldn't mind seeing opera die. Ever since I was a boy, I regarded opera...

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...

TV is chewing gum for the eyes.

TV is chewing gum for the eyes.

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....

[It is] the most hideous waterfront structure ever inflicted on a city by a combination...

[It is] the most hideous waterfront structure ever inflicted on a city by a combination...

Our architecture reflects truly as a mirror.

Our architecture reflects truly as a mirror.