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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I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

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.

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...

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

Space is the breath of art.

Space is the breath of art.

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...

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...

Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.

Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great...

Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great...

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.

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.

The space within becomes the reality of the building.

The space within becomes the reality of the building.

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...

I have been black and blue in some spot, somewhere, almost all my life from...

I have been black and blue in some spot, somewhere, almost all my life from...

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,...