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" 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. "

Frank Lloyd Wright

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" 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. "

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" New York City is a great monument to the power of money and greed... a race for rent. "

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" 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. "

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" The space within becomes the reality of the building. "

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" Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun. "

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

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

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" I believe in God, only I spell it Nature. "

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" Why, I just shake the buildings out of my sleeves. "

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

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" I have been black and blue in some spot, somewhere, almost all my life from too intimate contacts with my own furniture. "

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