The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines.

Frank Lloyd Wright

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Topic

Architecture

Author

Frank Lloyd Wright

Source

The New York Times Magazine

Medium

Magazine

Language

English

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Architect

From

United States

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Citation

Wright, Frank Lloyd. "What Every Budding Architect Should Know." The New York Times Magazine, 4 Oct. 1953.

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If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters daydreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.

Gaston Bachelard

The Poetics of Space

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Gaston Bachelard
Source
The Poetics of Space
Language
French
Time
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Original Citation

Bachelard, Gaston. La Poetique de l'Espace [The Poetics of Space]. Presses Universitaires de France, 1948, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Bachelard, Gaston. The Poetics of Space, translated by Maria Jolas. Penguin Classics, 2014, ch. 1.