The mission of an architect is to help people understand how to make life more beautiful, the world a better one for living in, and to give reason, rhyme, and meaning to life.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTEarly in my career, I had to choose between an honest arrogance and a hypercritical humility… I deliberately choose an honest arrogance, and I’ve never been sorry.
More Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes
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Freedom lies within.
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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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A box is more a coffin for the human spirit than an inspiration.
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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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Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture.
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There is no true understanding of any art without some knowledge of its philosophy. Only then does its meaning come clear.
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Each material has its own message.
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Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.
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Nature is all the body of God we mortals will ever see.
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Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.
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If it sells, it’s art.
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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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Youth is a circumstance you can’t do anything about. The trick is to grow up without getting old.
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Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.
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Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.
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