Frank Lloyd
Frank Lloyd
Frank William George Lloydwas an American film director, scriptwriter and producer. He was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was its president from 1934-35...
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth2 February 1886
american-architect books finished four
Well, now that he's finished one building, he'll Le Corbusier go write four books about it.
simplicity design use
Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.
schemes materials
Bring out the nature of the materials. Let their nature intimately into your scheme.
integrity america grace
For America today organic architecture interprets (will eventually build) this local embodiment of human freedom. This natural architecture seeks spaciousness, grace and openness; lightness and strength so completely balanced and logical that it is a new integrity...
simple thinking artist
'Think simple' as my old master used to say - meaning reduce the whole of its parts into the simplest terms, getting back to first principles.
architect source higher
No stream rises higher than its source
architecture ifs architect
If you wisely invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.
ornaments realization matter
True ornament is not a matter of prettifying externals. It is organic with the structure it adorns, whether a person, a building, or a park. At its best it is an emphasis of structure, a realization in graceful terms of the nature of that which is ornamented
opposites democracy communism
Democracy is the opposite of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, or mobocracy.
principles
Imitate nothing except principle.
success belief architect
The belief in a thing makes it happen.
flattery insult imitation
Imitation is always insult--not flattery.
taste substitutes good-taste
Good taste is not a substitute for knowledge
bars making-changes easier
It's easier to make changes with a pencil than a wrecking bar.