Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Sacred Integrity: Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright's favorite quote, "whoso must be a man must be a nonconformist. Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind." ~emerson

Of this philosophy, Historian William Cronon writes, "Here was a philosophy that could justify one's unconventional lifestyle at the same time that it endorsed his artistic mission.... To give in to conventional wisdom, to succumb to the opinion of the world, to imitate someone else's creation, could only adulterate and betray one's own genius."

His ingenious integrity of living on the edge, constant challenge to build with nonconformity.

Johnson Wax Building

Falling Water

Guggenheim

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