Frank Lloyd Wright — People

A brass padlock closes around a blue question-mark shape on a yellow felt disc. — Original artwork

An expert is a man who has stopped thinking - he knows!

Frank Lloyd Wright

A small paintbrush drawing a curling teal stroke that divides into two, on a warm white background. — Original artwork

An idea is salvation by imagination.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Green ivy grows from a rolled blue sheet resting on rust-coloured ground. — Original artwork

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.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Formal coat draped over a miniature chair beside folded rough cloak — Original artwork

Early in life, I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.

Frank Lloyd Wright

An empty wire birdcage with its door open hangs beside a blue feather against a softly clouded sky. — Original artwork

Freedom is from within.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Painterly small brown and gold globe nestled inside an open ornate gold box. — Original artwork

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

Frank Lloyd Wright

A small blank book lies open among mossy stones, broad leaves and ferns in dappled green light. — Original artwork

I believe in God, only I spell it “Nature”.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Painterly open blank ledger beside a magnifying glass on a blue-grey surface. — Original artwork

I believe totally in a Capitalist System, I only wish that someone would try it.

Frank Lloyd Wright

A pink peony blooming from a small glass jar filled with coins against a dark blue background. — Original artwork

If you foolishly ignore beauty, you’ll soon find yourself without it. Your life will be improverished. But if you wisely invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Violet and orange ribbons twist inside a tall glass bottle on a white plinth. — Original artwork

Individuality realized is the supreme attainment of the human soul, the master-master's work of art. Individuality is sacred.

Frank Lloyd Wright

A brass balance scale with a pile of gold coins outweighing a small white porcelain feather on a deep green background. — Original artwork

It is a great monument to the power of money and greed...a race for rent.

Frank Lloyd Wright

A small cardboard house with a cracked corner stands beside a drafting compass and a tied roll of plans. — Original artwork

No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.

Frank Lloyd Wright

A small wooden footbridge is crowded with plain wooden blocks above a shallow blue-gray stream. — Original artwork

No stream rises higher than its source. What ever man might build could never express or reflect more than he was. He could record neither more nor less than he had learned of life when the buildings were built.

Frank Lloyd Wright

An ornate empty gold picture frame stands on a wooden easel in a warm ochre room. — Original artwork

Respect the masterpiece. It is true reverence to man. There is no quality so great, none so much needed now.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Two small retro televisions with blank pale screens stand side by side against dusty pink. — Original artwork

Television is chewing gum for the eyes.

Frank Lloyd Wright

An amber glass vase holding a flowering branch with larger, deeper pink blooms towards the top on a pale green background. — Original artwork

The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Ivy climbs a miniature stone column against a terracotta wall and floor. — Original artwork

The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.

Frank Lloyd Wright

A small wooden shield with a green sprout growing through a crack beside a larger metal shield. — Original artwork

Truth against the world.

Frank Lloyd Wright

A green sapling grows from a weathered brass watering can, with exposed roots and blue paper drops hanging below. — Original artwork

Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.

Frank Lloyd Wright