Frank Lloyd Wright

Architecture American 1867 – 1959 269 quotes

Greatest American architect, Fallingwater

Quotes by Frank Lloyd Wright

The architect's vision should be as boundless as the sky.

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The building should be a bridge between man and nature.

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The architect is a dreamer who builds dreams.

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The building should be a song, a melody of form and function.

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The architect's hand should be guided by the heart.

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The building should be a reflection of the client's soul.

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The architect is a storyteller who tells tales in stone and steel.

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The building should be a beacon of hope, a symbol of progress.

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The architect's mind should be a canvas for creativity.

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The building should be a testament to the power of imagination.

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The architect is a magician who conjures beauty from raw materials.

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The building should be a monument to the art of living.

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The mother of invention is the necessity for a better way of life.

The human race built most nobly when limitations were greatest. Modern architects have the whole world and their own tools. The building is a mess.

You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledgehammer on the construction site.

All fine architectural values are human values, or they are not architectural values.

Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.

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

The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.

The architect should be a man of vision, a man of courage, a man of character, a man of integrity, a man of truth.