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Frank Lloyd Wright

Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Lose World
As 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 WRIGHT

Accomplishment Beginning Ideal Myself Ourselves Thinking
All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Human Material Value
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Change Choice Honesty Life Myself
Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.
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Animal Desire Home Regard
A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Feeling Himself Oneself
The human race built most nobly when limitations were greatest.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Greatness Human Limitation
Why, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Children Myself
Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Life Luxury Necessary Willing
Wood is universally beautiful to man. It is the most humanly intimate of all materials.
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Beautiful Human Man Material Worth
Nature is all the body of God we mortals will ever see.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Body God Nature See
Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Beautiful Greatness Myself Thinking World
The room within is the great fact about the building.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Fact Greatness Room
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.
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Goodness Lie Simplicity Strength Truth Yourself
Bring out the nature of the materials. Let their nature intimately into your scheme.
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Material Nature
Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.
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Children Earth Nature Sun

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