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... FROM THE WORK OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT The following is guidelines that were addressed to John Lautner's office highlighting (* indicate Lautner's mark) the key rules for reference: --* PRINCIPLE IS THE SAFE PRECENDENT. -- THE WORKING OF A PRINCIPLE IS THE ONLY SAFE TRADITION. -- HUMAN TRADITIONS LIKE STYLES ARE GARMENTS TO BE PUT ON OR TAKEN OFF. -- FORM IS ORGANIC ONLY WHEN IT IS NATURAL TO MATERIALS AND NATURAL TO FUNCTION. --* AN ORGANIC FORM GROWS ITS STRUCTURE OUT OF CONDITIONS AS A PLANT GROWS OUT OF SOIL.. BOTH UNFOLD SIMILARLY FROM WITHIN -- ALL FORM IS AN ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE RESPONDS AND UNFOLDS TO MAN-LIGHT OR HUMAN IMAGINATION AS THE FORM ENTRUSTED TO THE SEED UNFOLDS AND RESPONDS TO THE SUN-LIGHT. --* AN INNER-LIFE-PRINCIPLE IS A GIFT TO EVERY SEED. AN INNER-LIFE-PRINCIPLE IS ALSO NECESSARY FOR EVERY IDEA OF A GOOD BUILDING. -- SIMPLICITY WHEN ORGANIC IS SPONTANEOUS INEVITABLE RESULT. --* SIMPLICITY AND STYLE BOTH ARE CONSEQUENCES NEVER CA