Frank Lloyd Wright on Architecture, Nature, and the Human Spirit: A Collection of Quotations - Hardcover

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9780764959561: Frank Lloyd Wright on Architecture, Nature, and the Human Spirit: A Collection of Quotations
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0764959565 ISBN 13: 9780764959561
Publisher: Pomegranate, 2011

Synopsis

The architect of the Guggenheim Museum, Fallingwater, the Robie House, and the Johnson Wax Administration Building, Frank Lloyd Wright once said, ";You do not learn by way of your successes. No one does."; Just as he flouted convention in a series of astonishing buildings, so did Wright go against the grain in his career as a writer and lecturer. On subjects as diverse as McCarthyism and cement blocks, he produced countless lectures and articles, a half-dozen books, and a remarkable series of informal talks delivered to his apprentices on Sunday mornings.Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, the author of several collections of Wright’s writings and Director of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives, has culled more than two hundred quotations from a wide range of sources, drawing heavily on transcripts of the Sunday talks. The themes to which Wright returned most often serve as the book’s sections: the value of architecture takes precedence, but topics such as government and the ge

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Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator.

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Publisher
Pomegranate
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0764959565
ISBN 13 
9780764959561
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
3
Number of pages
95
Editor
Pfeiffer Bruce Brooks
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  • 3.88 out of 5 stars
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