"The truth is more important than the facts."Frank Lloyd Wright
This is so true and today more than ever. I think what he means is that truth is kind of a unity whereas facts may be true as well, but they're just fractions of a big picture. Just because you've found a part of a puzzle, it doesn't mean that you know what the finished piece would look like. However it's the entire piece that counts.
Frank Lloyd Wright was an architect who believed that a house is not just some kind of protection but that its design influences the people who live in it. Plainly he was one of the first to understand that if you live in a dark dump your life will be very different than if you feel comfortable at home. He didn't only create houses, bridges or museums but also furniture, glass and just about everything else you can design somehow. Moreover he was a philosopher and an educator as well.
"Whether people are fully conscious of this or not, they actually derive countenance and sustenance from the 'atmosphere' of the things they live in or with. They are rooted in them just as a plant is in the soil in which it is planted."
I like the thought that I am rooted, just like a plant. No wonder people get more sick nowadays, moving around without having the time to settle somewhere.
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