Wood is universally beautiful to man. It is the most humanly intimate of all materials.

Individuality realized is the supreme attainment of the human soul, the master-master's work of art. Individuality is sacred.

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.

The longer I lived, the more beautiful life became - despite my personal tragedies, the fire, despite my third wife and her dreadful taste. My dear Olgivanna, she insisted on replacing the lovely canvas and wooden trusses at Taliesin West with steel supports and pink frosted glass. Well, I was too old to care by then. What I decided early on was this: If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.

A man with a machine may murder or enslave millions, whereas it used to take at least thousands to murder millions. And the man behind the machine has nothing on his conscience.

Good taste is not a substitute for knowledge

If it sells, it's art.