The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.

Quote by Frank Lloyd Wright

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The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing...

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing...

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.

Mechanization best serves mediocrity.

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind

The truth is more important than the facts.

The truth is more important than the facts.

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

To look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look...

To look at the cross-section of any plan of a big city is to look...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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,...

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.

Space is the breath of art.

Space is the breath of art.

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...

An idea is salvation by imagination.

An idea is salvation by imagination.

The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be...

The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be...

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...