Frank Lloyd Wright

Architecture American 1867 – 1959 269 quotes

Greatest American architect, Fallingwater

Quotes by Frank Lloyd Wright

I've been accused of being a radical. If being a radical means going to the root of things and trying to find out what's true, then I'm a radical.

Interview 1957

The architect should be a man of vision, a man of imagination, a man of courage.

Interview 1957

The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.

Interview 1957

The ideal of every civilization is to build a beautiful house.

Interview 1957

Architecture is life, or at least it is life itself taking form and therefore it is the truest record of life as it was lived in the world yesterday, as it is lived today or ever will be lived.

Modern Architecture: Being the Kahn Lectures for 1930 1930

The building is not a thing of itself, but a thing in relation to other things.

The Natural House 1954

A house should be a home, not a machine for living.

The Natural House 1954

The architect is the interpreter of the client's dreams.

Interview 1957

The architect is the master of space.

Interview 1957

The architect is the poet of construction.

Interview 1957

The architect is the conscience of the community.

Interview 1957

The architect is the artist of the practical.

Interview 1957

The architect is the philosopher of form.

Interview 1957

The architect is the musician of materials.

Interview 1957

The architect is the sculptor of light.

Interview 1957

The architect is the painter of space.

Interview 1957

The architect is the weaver of dreams.

Interview 1957

The architect is the builder of civilization.

Interview 1957

The architect is the servant of humanity.

Interview 1957

The architect is the guardian of beauty.

Interview 1957