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
wise witty truth
The truth is more important than the facts.
hate intelligent top-down
I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up.
schemes materials
Bring out the nature of the materials. Let their nature intimately into your scheme.
reality space interesting
The space within becomes the reality of the building.
inspirational doe best-work
A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.
work men thinking
An expert is a man who has stopped thinking. Why should he think? He is an expert.
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.
inspirational funny beautiful
The longer I live, the more beautiful life becomes.
badass bad-ass architecture
All fine architectural values are human values, else not valuable.
artist years architect
The architect must be a prophet... a prophet in the true sense of the term... if he can't see at least ten years ahead don't call him an architect.
beautiful glasses fire
The longer I lived, the more beautiful life became - despite my personal tragedies, the fire, despite my third wife and her dreadful taste. My dear Olgivanna, she insisted on replacing the lovely canvas and wooden trusses at Taliesin West with steel supports and pink frosted glass. Well, I was too old to care by then. What I decided early on was this: If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.
architect source higher
No stream rises higher than its source
inspirational life motivational
The thing always happens that you really believe in; and the belief in a thing makes it happen.