Almost all our so-called "modern" is not yet new. It is merely novel by imitation or indirection; or pretense by imported picture. (Frank Lloyd Wright)

Almost all our so-called "modern" is not yet new. It is merely novel by imitation or indirection; or pretense by imported picture.

Frank Lloyd Wright

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