Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.

Quote by Frank Lloyd Wright

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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...

The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term......

The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term......

I believe totally in a Capitalist System, I only wish that someone would try it.

I believe totally in a Capitalist System, I only wish that someone would try it.

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...

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

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

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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 space within becomes the reality of the building.

The space within becomes the reality of the building.

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,...

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...

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...

An idea is salvation by imagination.

An idea is salvation by imagination.

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 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.

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.