Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8, 1867-April 9, 1959) was an American architect, known for his bold originality of design. Famous edifices designed by him are: the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, Japan (1916); the Millard House, Pasadena, California (1923); Oak Park Unity Temple, outside Chicago, Illinois (1904); and Taliesin, his private residence, Spring Green, Wisconsin (1911). He founded and directed "The Taliesin Fellowship," an experimental school of the arts, and published the magazine Taliesin. His works include: In the Cause of Architecture (1909-1923); An Inscription of Japanese Prints (1912); Experimenting with Human Lives (1923); Modern Architecture (1931); An Autobiography-Frank Lloyd Wright (1932; 1943); When Democracy Builds (1946); and Genius and the Mobocracy (1941).
On November 27, 1955, in a lecture in Boston, Massachusetts, as reported in The New York Times Magazine, Frank Lloyd Wright stated:
<Civilization: Art and religion are the soul of our civilization. Go to them, for there love exists.> 1867FW001
On June 3, 1956, in an address titled "The Architect Preaches a Sermon," Church of the Divine Paternity, New York, Frank Lloyd Wright stated:
<The common man is a man who believes in only what he sees and he sees only what he can put his hand on....He is on speaking terms with progress, and progress must be in spite of him, although for him.> 1867FW002
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1867FW001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Frank Lloyd Wright, November 27, 1955, in a lecture in Boston, Massachusetts, as reported in The New York Times Magazine. James Beasely Simpson, Best Quotes of '54, '55, '56 (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1957), p. 190.
1867FW002. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Frank Lloyd Wright, June 3, 1956, in an address titled "The Architect Preaches a Sermon," Church of the Divine Paternity, New York. James Beasely Simpson, Best Quotes of '54, '55, '56 (New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1957), p. 282.