304 Quotes by Frank Lloyd Wright

Form follows function – that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.

You will find Goodness and Truth everywhere you go. If you have to choose, choose Truth. For that is closest to Earth. Keep close to the Earth,... : in that lies strength. Simplicity of heart is just as necessary for an architect as for a farmer or a minister if the architect is going to build great buildings.

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

Architecture is essentially Human; it is the Human spirit manifesting itself. For when a Man builds, there, you’ve got him; you know exactly what, who and how that Man is.

No stream rises higher than its source.

You can’t make an architect. But you can open the doors and windows toward the light as you see it.

It’s easier to make changes with a pencil than a wrecking bar.

The ultimate creative thinking technique is to think like God. If you’re an atheist, pretend how God would do it.

I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day’s work.