Quotes by Frank Lloyd Wright

“Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work.”

“An idea is salvation by imagination”

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

“A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.”

“The truth is more important than the facts.”

“There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.”

“If it sells, it's art.”

“Man is a phase of nature, and only as he is related to nature does he matter, does he have any account whatever above the dust.”

“Early in my career...I had to choose between an honest arrogance and a hypercritical humility... I deliberately choose an honest arrogance, and I've never been sorry.”

“I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters.”

“Our forefathers were not only brave. I believe they were right. I believe that what they meant was that every man born had equal right to grow from scratch by way of his own power unhindered to the...”

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

“How is he made? Oftentimes bitter, sometimes sweet, seldom even wide-awake, architectural criticism of "the modern" wholly lacks inspiration or any qualification because it lacks the appreciation t...”

“Philosophy is to the mind of the architect as eyesight to his steps. The Term 'genius' when applied to him simply means a man who understands what others only know about. A poet, artist or architec...”

“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”

“Space is the breath of art.”

“The space within becomes the reality of the building.”

“Organic buildings are the strength and lightness of the spiders' spinning, buildings qualified by light, bred by native character to environment, married to the ground.”

“Life always rides in strength to victory, not through internationalism... but only through the direct responsibility of the individual.”

“Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.”