Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.
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.
More Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes
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Nature is the inspiration for all ornamentation.
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Art for art’s sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.
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A box is more a coffin for the human spirit than an inspiration.
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There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
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The best friend of earth of man is the tree.
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I’m all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let’s start with typewriters.
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Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.
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The good building is not one that hurts the landscape, but one which makes the landscape more beautiful than it was before the building was built.
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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 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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Wood is universally beautiful to man. It is the most humanly intimate of all materials.
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Each material has its own message.
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I don’t know whether you are a saint or a fool said my lawyer. I replied Is there a difference?
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Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.
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You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site.
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