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
The two most important tools an architect has are the eraser in the drawing room and the sledge hammer on the construction site.
We have no longer an outside and an inside as two separate things. Now the outside may come inside and the inside may and does go outside. They are of each other. Form and function thus become one in design and execution if the nature of materials and method and purpose are all in unison.
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.
The tall modern office building is the machine pure and simple...the engine, the motor and the battleship the works of the century.
I never design a building before I've seen the site and met the people who will be using it.
Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.
You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site.
Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.
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.