Art for art's sake is a philosophy of the well-fed.

—Frank Lloyd Wright

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About Frank Lloyd Wright

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Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator. He designed more than 1,000 structures over a creative period of 70 years. Wright played a key role in the architectural movements of the twentieth century, influencing architects worldwide through his...

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TV is chewing gum for the eyes.

—Frank Lloyd Wright

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Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.

—Frank Lloyd Wright

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I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

—Frank Lloyd Wright

Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.

—Frank Lloyd Wright

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The truth is more important than the facts.

—Frank Lloyd Wright

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Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to win.

—Lois McMaster Bujold

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Freedom in not a luxury that we can indulge in when at last we have security and prosperity and enlightenment; it is, rather, antecedent to all of these, for without it we can have neither security nor prosperity nor enlightenment.

—Henry Steele Commager in Freedom, Loyalty, Dissent

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Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

—Edward Abbey

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Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.

—Frank Lloyd Wright

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Take care of the luxuries and the necessities will take care of themselves.

—Dorothy Parker

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