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“The sense of space within the reality of any building is a new concept wherever architecture is concerned. But it is essential ancient principle just the same and is not only necessary now but implied by the ideal of democracy itself.”

Quote by Frank Lloyd Wright

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Frank Lloyd Wright

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. more

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“Wherever human life is concerned, the unnatural stricture of excessive verticality cannot stand against more natural horizontality.”

Humans Life Is Natural Concerned Human Life Unnatural

Author:Frank Lloyd Wright

“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

“Architectural features of true democratic ground-freedom would rise naturally from topography, which means that buildings would all take on the nature and character of the ground on which in endless variety they would stand and be component part.”

Mean Character Building Democratic Endless Variety Features Components Topography

Author:Frank Lloyd Wright

“The dynamic ideal we call democracy, gradually growing up in the human heart for two-thousand five hundred years, at least, has now every opportunity to found the natural democratic state in these United States of America by way of natural economic order and a natural, or organic, architecture.”

“The outside of any building may now come inside and the inside go outside, each seems as part of the other. Continuity, plasticity, and all the new simplicity the imply have at last come home.”

May Home Seems Lasts Building Simplicity Coming Home Continuity Plasticity

Author:Frank Lloyd Wright

“It is a terrific thing to get a building built that has the qualities of greatness in it.”

Quality Greatness Building Built Terrific

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“A car for the people, an affordable Volkswagen, would bring great joy to the masses and the problems of building such a car must be faced with courage.”

People Problem Joy Car Building Mass Affordable Great Joy Volkswagens

Author:Adolf Hitler

“Whoever lights the torch of war in Europe can wish for nothing but chaos. We, however, live in the firm conviction our times will see not the decline but the renaissance of the West. It is our proud hope and our unshakable belief Germany can make an imperishable contribution to this great work.”

War Light Belief Wish Proud Europe West Chaos Conviction Firm Our Time Germany Contribution Decline Great Work Renaissance Torches Unshakable

Book:Hitler's Words

Source: Hitler's Words

“I am convinced that 1941 will be the crucial year of a great New Order in Europe. The world shall open up for everyone. Privileges for individuals, the tyranny of certain nations and their financial rulers shall fall. And last of all this year will help to provide the foundations of a real understanding among peoples, and with it the certainty of conciliation among nations. . . . Those nations who are still opposed to us will some day recognize the greater enemy within. Then they will join us in a combined front, a front against Jewish exploitation and racial degeneration.”

“When I recall my teachers at school, I realise that half of them were abnormal. . . . We pupils of old Austria were brought up to respect old people and women. But on our professors we had no mercy; they were our natural enemies. The majority of them were somewhat mentally deranged, and quite a few ended their days as honest-to-God lunatics! . . . I was in particular bad odor with the teachers. I showed not the slightest aptitude for foreign languages - though I might have, had not the teacher been a congenital idiot. I could not bear the sight of him.”