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 … - Frank Lloyd Wright

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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.

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About Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright (8 June 1867 – 9 April 1959) was an American architect, interior designer, writer, and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures, 532 of which were completed. Wright believed in designing structures that were in harmony with humanity and its environment, with a philosophy he called organic architecture.

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Birth Name: Franklin Lincoln Wright
Alternative Names: Frank Lincoln Wright F. L. Wright Frank Lloyd Lincoln Wright Frank Lloid Rait Frank Luyd Rayt Lloyd Wright Frank FLW
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A doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.

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Everyone engaged in creative work is subject to persecution by the odious comparison. Odious comparisons dog the footsteps of all creation wherever the poetic principle is involved because the inferior mind learns only by comparisons; comparisons, usually equivocal, made by selfish interests each for the other. But the superior mind learns by analyses: the study of Nature.

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Philosophy is to the mind of the architect as eyesight to his steps. The Term 'genius' when applied to him simply means a man who understands what others only know about. A poet, artist or architect, necessarily 'understands' in this sense and is likely, if not careful, to have the term 'genius' applied to him; in which case he will no longer be thought human, trustworthy or companionable.
Whatever may be his medium of expression he utters truth with manifest beauty of thought. If he is an architect, his building is natural. In him, philosophy and genius live by each other, but the combination is subject to popular suspicion and appellation 'genius' likely to settle him — so far as the public is concerned.

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