Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wrightwas an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed. Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was best exemplified by Fallingwater, which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture". Wright was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture and developed the concept of the Usonian home, his...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth8 June 1867
CityRichland Center, WI
CountryUnited States of America
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.
A doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.
All fine architectural values are human vales, else not valuable.
If you foolishly ignore beauty, then you will soon find yourself without it.
I know we can't have a great architecture while it is only for the landlord.
The only thing wrong with architecture is architects.
I think Ms. Monroe's architecture is extremely good architecture.
Architecture is essentially Human; it is the Human spirit manifesting itself. For when a Man builds, there, you've got him; you know exactly what, who and how that Man is.
I feel coming on a strange disease - humility.
Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet.
When I see architecture that moves me, I hear music in my inner ear
Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture.
A building is not just a place to be but a way to be.
If you wisely invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.