Frank Lloyd Wright Quotes


No house should ever be on a hill or on anything. It should be of the hill. Belonging to it. Hill and house should live together each the happier for the other.


Citations

Wright, Frank Lloyd. An Autobiography. Longmans, Green and Company, 1932, p. 168.

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Frank Lloyd Wright
Frank Lloyd Wright
  • Born: June 8, 1867
  • Died: April 9, 1959
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Architect

Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright believed in designing in harmony with humanity and the environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture. This philosophy was exemplified in Fallingwater (1935), which has been called "the best all-time work of American architecture." Wright played a key role in the architectural movements of the twentieth century, influencing generations of architects worldwide through his works.