Television is bubble-gum for the mind.
Frank Lloyd WrightRead
A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart.
Interpretation
An exceptional architect relies more on his emotional intelligence and passion than just his intellectual skills.
This quote emphasizes the importance of inner qualities such as emotional depth, passion, and creativity in the field of architecture. Frank Lloyd Wright suggests that the best architects are those who have nurtured their hearts and souls, allowing their feelings and experiences to enrich their designs, rather than relying solely on technical knowledge or intellect.
In practice
In a speech to architecture students about the importance of emotional engagement in their designs.
Television is bubble-gum for the mind.
Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes.
Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.
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There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
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I was never interested in looking at myself in an aesthetic mirror. My intention was always to get away from myself, though I knew perfectly well that I was using myself. Call it a little game between 'I' and 'me.'
To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul.
All the arts are based on the presence of man, only photography derives an advantage from his absence. Photography affects us like a phenomenon in nature, like a flower or a snowflake whose vegetable or earthly origins are an inseparable part of their beauty.
When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan.
Now architecture consists of order, which in Greek is called taxis ... Order is the balanced adjustment of the details of the work separately, and, as to the whole, the arrangement of the proportion with a view to a symmetrical result.
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