Frank Lloyd Wright

Architecture American 1867 – 1959 269 quotes

Greatest American architect, Fallingwater

Quotes by Frank Lloyd Wright

The reality of the building is not in the walls and roof but in the space within to be lived in.

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The architect is the interpreter of the life of his time.

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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.

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A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature is to be regarded as the Great Exemplar.

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The architect is a man who knows how to put a roof over your head and make it beautiful.

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I have been accused of being a radical. If it is radical to believe that the human spirit is capable of infinite growth and development, then I am a radical.

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The architect is the master of space, the master of light, the master of form.

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The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should be as a unit, simple and harmonious.

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The architect is the servant of life.

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The architect is the artist of the useful.

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The architect is the builder of dreams.

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The architect is the master of proportion.

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The architect is the interpreter of human needs.

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The architect is the poet of space.

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The architect is the artist of the future.

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The architect is the conscience of the nation.

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The architect is the master of materials.

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The architect is the master of construction.

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The architect is the master of detail.

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The architect is the master of light and shadow.

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