The best thing to do is go as far out as you can get... what you regard as 'too far' - and when others follow, as they will, move on

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.

Self fulfilling prophecies do exist in real life

Space. The continual becoming: invisible fountain from which all rhythms flow and to which they must pass. Beyond time or infinity

I voted for Stevenson as opposed to Eisenhower because I thought he would make a good president, but against my conscience because I thought that he was too good for the job.

Simplicity and Repose are qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.

The outcome of the city will depend on the race between the automobile and the elevator, and anyone who bets on the elevator is crazy.