A doctor can bury his mistakes, but the... by Frank Lloyd Wright | We Heart Quotes

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A doctor can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines.

- Frank Lloyd Wright

Other quotes by Frank Lloyd Wright

Heart

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.

- Frank Lloyd Wright

Tools

An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site.

- Frank Lloyd Wright

Nature God Will

God is the great mysterious motivator of what we call nature, and it has often been said by philosophers, that nature is the will of God. And I prefer to say that nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see.

- Frank Lloyd Wright

Home First

The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.

- Frank Lloyd Wright

Art

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

- Frank Lloyd Wright

Chicago World Will

Eventually, I think Chicago will be the most beautiful great city left in the world.

- Frank Lloyd Wright

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