Now a work of art is a work of nature, but it is a work of human nature. It is a work of the mind: and it’s a work of the mind in circumstances for an occasion which, to which, for which, and which it may be supremely natural and simple and effective.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTBureaucrats: they are dead at 30 and buried at 60. They are like custard pies; you can’t nail them to a wall.
More Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes
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Why, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves.
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The best friend on earth of man is the tree: When we use the tree respectfully and economically, we have one of the greatest resources of the earth.
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The measure of a man’s culture is the measure of his appreciation. We are ourselves what we appreciate and no more.
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The longer that I live the more beautiful life becomes.
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They turned the country up on its side, and everything loose fell into California.
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Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.
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Bring out the nature of the materials. Let their nature intimately into your scheme.
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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.
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Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.
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A box is more a coffin for the human spirit than an inspiration.
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We create our buildings and then they create us. Likewise, we construct our circle of friends and our communities and then they construct us.
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Nature is the inspiration for all ornamentation.
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You have to go wholeheartedly into anything in order to achieve anything worth having.
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Love is the greatest virtue of the heart.
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If you wisely invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.
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