The primitive ideals of centralization are now largely self-defeating. Human crucifixion by vertically on the now static checkerboard of the old city is pattern already in agony; yet for lack of any organic planning it is going on and on-not living, but rather hanging by its eyebrows from its nervous system.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTNo house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.
More Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes
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Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.
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Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture.
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Give me the luxuries of life and I will gladly do without the necessities.
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Why, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves.
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Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.
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They turned the country up on its side, and everything loose fell into California.
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A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn’t afterward.
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Less is more only when more is too much.
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Philip Johnson is a highbrow. A highbrow is a man educated beyond his capacity. His house is a box of glass — not shelter. The meaning of the word shelter includes privacy.
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The only thing wrong with architecture is architects.
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Nature is all the body of God we mortals will ever see.
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The belief in a thing makes it happen.
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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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An architect’s most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board and a wrecking ball at the site.
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Nature is never other than serene even in a thunderstorm.
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