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Frank Lloyd Wright, born on June 8, 1867, and died on April 9, 1959, was a renowned American architect, often hailed as the father of modern architecture. Known for his unique architectural style and design philosophy, Wright emphasized the harmony between nature and architecture, which had a profound impact on the architectural world.

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“Beautiful buildings are more than scientific. They are true organisms, spiritually conceived; works of art, using the best technology by inspiration rather than the idiosyncrasies of mere taste or any averaging by the committee mind.”

Mind Art Inspiration Beautiful Technology Building Taste Mere Works Of Art Organisms Committees Idiosyncrasies Best Technology

Book:1949-1959

Source: 1949-1959

“Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.”

Giving Inspiration Interesting Give Me Luxury Architect

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“Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.”

Inspiration Used Nature Principles Building Manifestation Architect Domain God And Nature God Nature

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“A box is more a coffin for the human spirit than an inspiration.”

Humans Inspiration Science Spirit Boxes Architecture Human Spirit Coffins

Book:Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings: 1949-1959

Source: Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings: 1949-1959

“A building is not just a place to be but a way to be.”

Way Inspiration Building Architecture

Author:Frank Lloyd Wright

“Nature is the inspiration for all ornamentation”

Inspiration Ornamentation

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“When we come to understand architecture as the essential nature of all harmonious structure we will see that it is the architecture of music that inspired Bach and Beethoven, the architecture of painting that is inspiring Picasso as it inspired Velasquez, that it is the architecture of life itself that is the inspiration of the great poets and philosophers.”

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Book:Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings: 1931-1939

Source: Frank Lloyd Wright Collected Writings: 1931-1939

“I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work.”

Inspiration Architect

Author:Frank Lloyd Wright

About the Author

Born: June 8, 1867
Died: April 9, 1959
Known for: Architect
Quotes: 218

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Frank Lloyd Wright on architecture: selected writings 1894-1940Related source material

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