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.
No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was. He could record neither more nor less than he had learned of life when the buildings were built.
The only thing wrong with architecture is architects.
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.
Wherever human life is concerned, the unnatural stricture of excessive verticality cannot stand against more natural horizontality.
Life always rides in strength to victory, not through internationalism... but only through the direct responsibility of the individual.
The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.
Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.
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.