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

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

Freedom is from within.

Frank Lloyd Wright

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

Frank Lloyd Wright

I believe in God, only I call it Nature

Frank Lloyd Wright

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

Frank Lloyd Wright

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

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. New York Times Magazine, October 4, 1953

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

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

Frank Lloyd Wright

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

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

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

Truth against the world.

Frank Lloyd Wright

Youth is a quality, not a matter of circumstances.

Frank Lloyd Wright