Mountains inspire awe in any human person who has a soul. They remind us of our frailty, our unimportance, of the briefness of our span upon this earth. They touch the heavens, and sail serenely at an altitude beyond even the imaginings of a mere mortal.

—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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An idea is salvation by imagination.

—Frank Lloyd Wright

The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.

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I grow more intense as I age.

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Tip the world over on its side and everything loose will land in Los Angeles.

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Space is the breath of art.

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I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.

The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions.

—Daniel Webster

Nature does nothing uselessly.

Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.

—Antoinette Brown Blackwell

The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinement of a sick-chamber, is above the conceptions, as well as the descriptions, of those in health.

—Ann Radcliffe

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