Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) was an American architect. He was one of the seminal figures of American and international modern architecture of the 20th century. He is known for his astonishingly large and influential body of work throughout the continental USA and Japan.
Wright is renowned for his “organic” style of low-built, “prairie-style” houses that blend in with the surrounding natural environments. Inspired by Japanese art and architecture, Wright’s open-plan approach to interiors embraced long low horizontal lines and intercommunicating interior spaces. His use of materials and construction techniques was highly influential.
Wright also wrote some twenty books, including An American Architecture (1955) and An Autobiography (1932.)
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The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope.
—Frank Lloyd Wright
Topics: Hope, Present
The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines—so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.
—Frank Lloyd Wright
I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up.
—Frank Lloyd Wright
Topics: Intelligence, Intellectuals
The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.
—Frank Lloyd Wright
Topics: Beauty, Living, Life
The truth is more important than the facts.
—Frank Lloyd Wright
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