Frank Lloyd Wright
Greatest American architect, Fallingwater
Quotes by Frank Lloyd Wright
The architect is the master of color.
The architect is the master of texture.
The architect is the master of rhythm.
The architect is the master of harmony.
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill, belonging to it, so hill and house may live together each the happier for the other.
The building is not just a place to live, but a place to live well.
I've been accused of being a genius. I'm not a genius. I'm just a hard-working guy.
The architect should be a master of the elements, a master of the materials, a master of the forces of nature.
The building should be a natural growth from the site, a part of the landscape, not an imposition upon it.
The work of the architect is to make life more beautiful, to make the world a better place for living in, and to give reason, rhyme, and meaning to life.
The building should be organic, growing out of the ground and into the light.
The architect's job is to create a symphony of space, light, and materials.
The building should be a poem in stone, wood, and glass.
The architect is a poet who writes in stone.
The building should be a living thing, breathing with the life of its inhabitants.
The architect's greatest challenge is to make the ordinary extraordinary.
The building should be a sanctuary, a place of peace and beauty.
The architect is a sculptor of space.
The building should be a testament to the human spirit.