
The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.
Take nothing for granted as beautiful or ugly, but take every building to pieces, and challenge every feature. Learn to distinguish the curious from the beautiful. Get the habit of analysis – analysis will in time enable synthesis to become your habit of mind. ‘Think simples’ as my old master used to say – meaning to reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.
Art for art’s sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.
Birth: | 8th June, 1867 |
Death: | 9th April, 1959 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Architect |
Frank Lloyd Wright was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, USA. He was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed. He believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. His work includes original and innovative examples of many building types, including offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, and museums. He wrote 20 books and many articles and was a popular lecturer in the United States and in Europe. His Selected edifices include: Larkin Administration Building, Imperial Hotel Toyko, Fallingwater, and Guggenheim Museum.
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