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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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“Architecture isman'sgreat sense of himself embodied in a world of his own making. It may rise as high in quality only as its source because great art isgreat life.”

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“I doubt if there is anything in the world uglier than a Midwestern city.”

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“New York is the biggest mouth in the world. It appears to be prime example of the herd instinct, leading the universal urban conspiracy to beguile man from his birthright (the good ground), to hang him by his eyebrows from skyhooks above hard pavement, to crucify him, sell him, or be sold by him.”

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Book:1949-1959

Source: 1949-1959

“Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.”

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“Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.”

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“Architecture is the triumph of human imagination over materials, methods, and men, to put man into possession of his own Earth. It is at least the geometric pattern of things, of life, of the human and social world. It is at best that magic framework of reality that we sometimes touch upon when we use the word order.”

“Science can give us only the tools in the box, these mechanical miracles that it has already given us. But of what use to us are miraculous tools until we have mastered the humane, cultural use of them? We do not want to live in a world where the machine has mastered the man; we want to live in a world where man has mastered the machine.”

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“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.”

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Book:Frank Lloyd Wright on architecture: selected writings 1894-1940

Source: Frank Lloyd Wright on architecture: selected writings 1894-1940

“The scientist has marched in and taken the place of the poet. But one day somebody will find the solution to the problems of the world and remember, it will be a poet, not a scientist.”

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Author:Frank Lloyd Wright

About the Author

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

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1949-1959Related source material

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