Frank Lloyd Wright

Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.

The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term... if he can't see at least ten years ahead don't call him an architect.

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

Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

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

God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often been said by philosophers, that nature is the will of God. And I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see.

Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.

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

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

The architect should strive continually to simplify; the ensemble of the rooms should then be carefully considered that comfort and utility may go hand in hand with beauty.

A man is a fool if he drinks before he reaches the age of 50, and a fool if he doesn't afterward.