The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.

Quote by Frank Lloyd Wright

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A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50,...

A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50,...

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

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

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.

The truth is more important than the facts.

The truth is more important than the facts.

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...

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.

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...

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

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

Bureaucrats: they are dead at 30 and buried at 60. They are like custard pies;...

Bureaucrats: they are dead at 30 and buried at 60. They are like custard pies;...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

Less is only more where more is no good.

Less is only more where more is no good.

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...

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......

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 easier for a republican form of government to be applauded than realized

It is easier for a republican form of government to be applauded than realized

No more essential duty of government exists than the protection of the lives of its...

No more essential duty of government exists than the protection of the lives of its...