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
hate intelligent top-down
I hate intellectuals. They are from the top down. I am from the bottom up.
country men ideas
If capitalism is fair then unionism must be. If men and women have a right to capitalize their ideas and the resources of their country, then that implies the right of men and women to capitalize their labor.
garden body study
All the more I study Nature do I revere God, because Nature is all the body of God we will ever know.
simplicity design use
Organic architecture seeks superior sense of use and a finer sense of comfort, expressed in organic simplicity.
mother art civilization
The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.
design hammers use
You can use an eraser on the drafting table or a sledge hammer on the construction site.
wise witty truth
The truth is more important than the facts.
god atheist nature
I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
building should site
A building should appear to grow easily from its site and be shaped to harmonize with its surroundings if Nature is manifest there.
home should snail
We should learn from the snail: it has devised a home that is both exquisite and functional.
birthday meaningful falling-water
Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.
life humility history
Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose the former and have seen no reason to change.
beautiful men woods
Wood is universally beautiful to man. It is the most humanly intimate of all materials.
yesterday records world
Architecture is life, or at least it is life itself taking form and therefore it is the truest record of life as it was lived in the world yesterday, as it is lived today or ever will be lived.