Early 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.
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.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTThe ultimate creative thinking technique is to think like God. If you’re an atheist, pretend how God would do it.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTLife is truth.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTThe longer that I live the more beautiful life becomes.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTThe 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 WRIGHTAs we work along our various ways, there takes shape within us, in some sort, an ideal – something we are to become – some work to be done. This, I think, is denied to very few, and we begin really to live only when the thrill of this ideality moves us in what we will to accomplish.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTBring out the nature of the materials. Let their nature intimately into your scheme.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTBuilding becomes architecture only when the mind of man consciously takes it and tries with all his resources to make it beautiful, to put concordance, sympathy with nature, and all that into it. Then you have architecture.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTI never design a building before I’ve seen the site and met the people who will be using it.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTTelevision is chewing gum for the eyes.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTTip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTWhy, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTI prefer honest arrogance to hypocritical modesty.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTFreedom lies within.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTGive me the luxuries of life and I will gladly do without the necessities.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHTAll fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT