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
beautiful men mind
Building becomes architecture only when the mind of man consciously takes it and tries with all his resources to make it beautiful, to put concordance, sympathy with nature, and all that into it. Then you have architecture.
age quality youth
Youth is not an age thing. It's a quality. Once you've had it, you never lose it.
nature inspiration principles
Nature is my manifestation of God. I go to nature every day for inspiration in the day's work. I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain.
bars tools boards
An architect's most useful tools are an eraser at the drafting board, and a wrecking bar at the site.
flattery insult imitation
Imitation is always insult--not flattery.
men dust phases
Man is a phase of nature, and only as he is related to nature does he matter, does he have any account whatever above the dust.
new-york men eyebrows
New York is the biggest mouth in the world. It appears to be prime example of the herd instinct, leading the universal urban conspiracy to beguile man from his birthright (the good ground), to hang him by his eyebrows from skyhooks above hard pavement, to crucify him, sell him, or be sold by him.
inspiration way architecture
A building is not just a place to be but a way to be.
sarcastic money sarcasm
Many wealthy people are little more than janitors of their possessions.
falling-water body
Nature is the only body of God that we shall ever see...
success belief architect
The belief in a thing makes it happen.
body mortals
Nature is all the body of God we mortals will ever see.
art ideas imagination
An idea is salvation by imagination.
opposites democracy communism
Democracy is the opposite of totalitarianism, communism, fascism, or mobocracy.