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
Why, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves.
It is a terrific thing to get a building built that has the qualities of greatness in it.
I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.
The room within is the great fact about the building.
More and more, so it seems to me, light is the beautifier of the building.
I never design a building before I've seen the site and met the people who will be using it.
A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature is manifest there.
We create our buildings and then they create us. Likewise, we construct our circle of friends and our communities and then they construct us.
We realize people need to live somewhere but we don't want to put ourselves in a position where we have 28 houses per acre.
Just 15 years ago it was farms and trees. Now we have the Family Circle Cup tennis match there with Venus and Serena Williams playing.
Meg McMullen had a really big second half for us. We need to have people step up like that and not have to rely on Katie and Lauren to carry the load every game. We're coming to that point in the season where we need to develop some other options.
We've been having some weekend public skates with anywhere from 300 to 400 skaters per session. It's pretty crowded.
Love is the greatest virtue of the heart.Sincerity is the greatest virtue of the mind.Determination is the greatest virtue of the will.Courage is the greatest virtue of the spirit.
Simplicity and repose are qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.