The truth is more important than the facts.

Wright’s aphorism draws a distinction between “facts” as discrete, verifiable particulars and “truth” as a deeper coherence or meaning that may not be exhausted by a ledger of details. In art and architecture—fields Wright often framed as organic and interpretive—mere factual accuracy (measurements, precedents, technical constraints) can miss the larger reality a work is meant to express: the lived experience of space, the integrity of an idea, or the spirit of a place. The line also gestures toward the way narratives are shaped: a truthful account can require selection, emphasis, and synthesis rather than exhaustive enumeration. Read charitably, it is not an endorsement of falsehood but a claim that significance and understanding outrank isolated data points.