I will continue the Book Favorites series even though I finished the book on Frank Lloyd Wright. (There still is a lot to talk about.) Here is a section that talks about his education:
"At eighteen Frank Lloyd Wright (he had changed his middle name to reflect his part in the Welsh clan)" (By the way, his name was first Frank Lincoln Wright, which was a common name in the late 1800s.) "dropped out of high school for the last time, without graduating. His record of grades and attendance was a ruin. He had decided, however, that he was going to become an architect. Ignoring the guidelines and requirements for students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, he entered as a "special student." Without discipline or study skills, it was predictable that he would bomb.
In his autobiography, Wright suggests that he attended the University of Wisconsin in engineering studies for over three years, dropping out just before graduation because the degree simply wasn't important to him.
What wasn't important to him was the education itself. He dropped out after three semesters, little more than a year, failing in most of his classes. The only degrees Frank Lloyd Wright ever recieved were honorary doctorates, many years later. He entered the profession of architecture without a thimbleful of architectural education. As strange as it seems to us, his ignorance may have been a lucky break."
- Up Close: Frank Lloyd Wright by Jan Adkins
This shows how Wright, con-man and trickster, actually got into the profession. But how could he of? It is all about how he played the game.
"At eighteen Frank Lloyd Wright (he had changed his middle name to reflect his part in the Welsh clan)" (By the way, his name was first Frank Lincoln Wright, which was a common name in the late 1800s.) "dropped out of high school for the last time, without graduating. His record of grades and attendance was a ruin. He had decided, however, that he was going to become an architect. Ignoring the guidelines and requirements for students at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, he entered as a "special student." Without discipline or study skills, it was predictable that he would bomb.
In his autobiography, Wright suggests that he attended the University of Wisconsin in engineering studies for over three years, dropping out just before graduation because the degree simply wasn't important to him.
What wasn't important to him was the education itself. He dropped out after three semesters, little more than a year, failing in most of his classes. The only degrees Frank Lloyd Wright ever recieved were honorary doctorates, many years later. He entered the profession of architecture without a thimbleful of architectural education. As strange as it seems to us, his ignorance may have been a lucky break."
- Up Close: Frank Lloyd Wright by Jan Adkins
This shows how Wright, con-man and trickster, actually got into the profession. But how could he of? It is all about how he played the game.
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