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.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTThe mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.
More Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes
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Good taste is not a substitute for knowledge.
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The heart is the chief feature of a functioning mind.
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Limitation is always insult–not flattery.
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Love is the greatest virtue of the heart.
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I never design a building before I’ve seen the site and met the people who will be using it.
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The truth is more important than the facts.
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Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.
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Nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see.
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I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
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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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Nature is never other than serene even in a thunderstorm.
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Television is chewing gum for the eyes.
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You will find Goodness and Truth everywhere you go. If you have to choose, choose Truth. For that is closest to Earth. Keep close to the Earth, in that lies strength. Simplicity of heart is just as necessary for an architect as for a farmer or a minister if the architect is going to build great buildings.
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The best friend of earth of man is the tree.
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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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