Frank Lloyd Wright was the most important American architect of the 20th Centurary. His winter headquarters in Phoenix is Taliesin West, His architecture gave structure to the concept of 'compress and release'. When you go to a pro ball game, you are compressed in a tunnel before you get released by seeing a green, manicured lawn. He
was the first to use indirect lighting. He 'unstacked' the boxes of European class-conscious living. The democratic American spirit required a more open, free-flowing domesticate floor plan.
Late in his career he was required to give testimony in court. When asked his name and profession he replied, "I am Frank Lloyd Wright. I am the greatest architect in America". That night his wife scolded him, "Why do you say those things?" "Dear," he replied, "I couldn't help it. They put me under oath".
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