Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll [Le Corbusier] go write four books about it.

Quote by Frank Lloyd Wright

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Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose...

Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose...

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...

Less is only more where more is no good.

Less is only more where more is no good.

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 heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.

The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.

Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes.

Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes.

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...

Space is the breath of art.

Space is the breath of art.

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...

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...

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 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.

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.

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.

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the...

I know the price of success: dedication, hard work, and an unremitting devotion to the...

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...

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.

The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of...

The librarian of today, and it will be true still more of the librarians of...

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from...

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from...

The fate of all extremes is such: men may be read, as well as books,...

The fate of all extremes is such: men may be read, as well as books,...