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Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.

~Frank Lloyd Wright

Topics: Bred Buildings Character Environment Ground Light Lightness Married Native Organic Qualified Spiders Spinning Strength

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If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.

~Frank Lloyd Wright

Topics: Atrophy Finger His Keeps Limbs Man Up Will

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Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.

~Frank Lloyd Wright

Topics: Arrogance Between Change Choose Chose Early Former Had Honest Humility Hypocritical Life No Reason Reason Seen

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A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart.

~Frank Lloyd Wright

Topics: Architect Brain Cultivated Enriched Great He Heart Made Much Nearly Way

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Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

~Frank Lloyd Wright

Topics: Art Philosophy Sake

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Maybe we can show government how to operate better as a result of better architecture. Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

~Frank Lloyd Wright

Topics: Architecture Beautiful Better Chicago City Eventually Government Great Great City How Left Maybe Most Most Beautiful Operate Result Show Think Will World I Think

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Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.

~Frank Lloyd Wright

Topics: Age Architect Day Every Great He His Interpreter Must Necessarily Original Poet Time

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No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.

~Frank Lloyd Wright

Topics: Anything Belonging Each Ever Happier Hill House Live Other Should Together

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Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

~Frank Lloyd Wright

Topics: Been Follows Form Function Joined Misunderstood Should Spiritual Union

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A doctor can bury his mistakes but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.

~Frank Lloyd Wright

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Architect

Born: June 8th, 1867

Died: April 9th, 1959

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