Television is bubble-gum for the mind.
Frank Lloyd WrightRead
Form follows function - that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.
Interpretation
The design of an object should be dictated by its intended use, merging aesthetics with practicality.
Frank Lloyd Wright emphasizes the profound relationship between design and its purpose. He argues that form and function must not be seen as separate entities but rather as interconnected elements that create a harmonious whole. This 'spiritual union' suggests that true beauty in design arises when aesthetic appeal is informed by functionality, leading to objects that are both beautiful and useful.
In practice
Using this quote in a design seminar to emphasize integrated design principles.
Television is bubble-gum for the mind.
Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes.
Toleration and liberty are the foundations of a great republic.
The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines - so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.
Human beings can be beautiful. If they are not beautiful it is entirely their own fault. It is what they do to themselves that makes them ugly. The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it.
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
Through performance, I found the possibility of establishing a dialogue with the audience through an exchange of energy, which tended to transform the energy itself. I could not produce a single work without the presence of the audience, because the audience gave me the energy to be able, through a specific action, to assimilate it and return it, to create a genuine field of energy.
But now it's just another show, you leave em laughing when you go. And if you care, don't let them know, don't give yourself away.
But however measurable, there is much more life in music than mathematics or logic ever dreamed of.
Writers have to keep on writing if they want to mature, like caterpillars endlessly chewing on leaves.
There are very few religious experiences that aren't explained using the vocabulary of light.
Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do and then just go for it. I never know what the public's going to like, anyway.
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