Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wrightwas an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed. Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was best exemplified by Fallingwater, which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture". Wright was a leader of the Prairie School movement of architecture and developed the concept of the Usonian home, his...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth8 June 1867
CityRichland Center, WI
CountryUnited States of America
We create our buildings and then they create us. Likewise, we construct our circle of friends and our communities and then they construct us.
Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.
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.
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site.
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.
Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.
The truth is more important than the facts.
I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up.
Bring out the nature of the materials. Let their nature intimately into your scheme.
The space within becomes the reality of the building.
A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.
An expert is a man who has stopped thinking. Why should he think? He is an expert.