Frank Lloyd Wright against urban cities

February 19, 1958

From the Forum Network's lecture titled "Frank Lloyd Wright - Creative Mind: The Architect as Creator"
http://forum-network.org/lecture/creative-mind-architect-creator

Planners should be predicting a direction, not directing a prediction.

"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."

"Out of Americas rugged individualism captained by rugged captains of our rugged industrial enterprises we have gradually evolved a crude, vain power: plutocratic capitalism. Not true capitalism. I believe this is entirely foreign to our own original idea of democracy."

"I believe totally in a Capitalist System, I only wish that someone would try it."

"America needs no help to Broadacre City. It will haphazard build itself. Why not plan it?"

"Inevitably, there will develop a new form of community life, but just what it will be except as Broadacre City tentatively outlines it as free to grow, who can say? Not I. Who is going to say how humanity will eventually be modified by all these spiritual changes and physical advantages, sound and vision coming through solid walls to men, each aware of anything in or of the world he lives in without lifting a finger, making it unnecessary to go anywhere unless it is a pleasure to go. The whole psyche of humanity is changing and what that change will ultimately bring as future community I will not prophecy. It is already greatly changed."

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[NicolaRedwooddforest]

Frank Lloyd Wright is a genius. He still is, because he lives on in these recordings. Thank you for uploading this precious interview.

[bennett5058]

thank you, thank you for posting this

[Hermoor]

God so many genius from the past speaking to us through youtube. Favorited!

[Horcruxme]

Can someone please write down his sayings? I'm not English and do not understand everything, but I'm very interested and working on his work for University.

[dawils58]

A fantastic discussion. He seemed to learn with old age.

[ilulam170584]

Love to hear his voice, listening to his thoughts... it takes me to some other place to different era... imagining how the world with be with several guys like him!!!

[markyb53]

amazing - thank you so much for posting...

[du4316]

a great example of mental masturbation

[bennett5058]

I think he's is right that people need more space, and a closer connection to nature. I also think he's right in that the development of machines have led to cities becoming monstrosities and that modern education lacks room for creative development. Howevr, he speaks about all these things like they are black and white, like there is a yes or no answer to everything and that our society is wrong about everything. Kind of makes me depressed. Aren't there great things about our society as well?

[Mrjobal1]

porque no pasarlo al español para latinoamerica

[murraydonna88]

absolute genius of individualism