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What does it mean?
Wright rejects classicism as a static mask that does not reflect life.
In plain terms
He hates copying old styles for new buildings.
What can you take from it?
Avoid forcing old styles on new needs.

Where it applies

  • architectural theory
  • historical debate

Putting it to work

  • avoid historical imitation

Questions to consider

  • Should buildings reflect their time?

Another view

Classic styles can still hold value.

More from Frank Lloyd Wright

  1. Chewing gum for the eyes.

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  2. Consider everything in the nature of a hanging fixture a weakness, and naked radiators an abomination.

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  3. Buildings, too, are children of Earth and Sun.

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