"Los Angeles is much worse than the average American city because it is so widely spread out. There is more of it to be ugly.

"But Los Angeles is still an open city–open to ideas. And it is
something in the realm of ideas that is being presented in this exhibit
[of his architectural drawings and models at Barnsdall Park]. I am sure you will be a beautiful
city in the future for you won’t be content to remain juvenile and ugly
all your lives."

Frank Lloyd Wright, 1954.