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
beauty beautiful ugly
Take nothing for granted as beautiful or ugly.
two drawing design
The two most important tools an architect has are the eraser in the drawing room and the sledge hammer on the construction site.
make-out expenses accounts
All I learned from Eliel Saarinen was how to make out an expense account
messages materials
Each material has its own message.
two design doe
We have no longer an outside and an inside as two separate things. Now the outside may come inside and the inside may and does go outside. They are of each other. Form and function thus become one in design and execution if the nature of materials and method and purpose are all in unison.
should-have eyebrows tools
We should have a system of economics that is structure that is organic tools. We do not have it. We are all hanging by our eyebrows from skyhooks economically, just as we are architecturally.
differences fool saint
"I don't know whether you are a saint or a fool" said my lawyer. I replied "Is there a difference?"
mediocrity mechanization
Mechanization best serves mediocrity.
weakness naked fixture
Consider everything in the nature of a hanging fixture a weakness, and naked radiators an abomination.
travel new-york home
Boston: Clear out eight hundred thousand people and preserve it as a museum piece. New York: Prison towers and modern posters for soap and whiskey. Pittsburgh: Abandon it.
bridges arches hills
I'll bridge these hills with graceful arches
mistake ivy doctors
Doctors bury their mistakes, Architects cover them with ivy
why-not centralization ifs
If you're going to have centralization, why not have it!
cities doubt world
I doubt if there is anything in the world uglier than a Midwestern city.