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Frank Gehry quotes: If you know where it's going, it's not worth doing. If you know where it's going, it's not worth doing.
Frank Gehry quotes: There is stuff I would have liked to have done. But there are no sour grapes. There is stuff I would have liked to have done. But there are no sour grapes.
Frank Gehry quotes: Each project, I suffer like I'm starting over again in life. There's a lot of healthy insecurity that fuels this stuff. Each project, I suffer like I'm starting over again in life. There's a lot of healthy insecurity that fuels this stuff.
Frank Gehry quotes: Let the experience begin! Let the experience begin!
Frank Gehry quotes: For me, every day is a new thing. For me, every day is a new thing.
Frank Gehry quotes: I can't just decide myself what's being built. Someone decides what they want, then I work for them. I can't just decide myself what's being built. Someone decides what they want, then I work for them.
Frank Gehry quotes: There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories - simple. There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories - simple.
Frank Gehry quotes: Talent is liquified trouble. Talent is liquified trouble.
Frank Gehry quotes: You can look anywhere and find inspiration. You can look anywhere and find inspiration.
Frank Gehry quotes: I used to sketch - that's the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches, and I got self-conscious, so now I don't do it I used to sketch - that's the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches, and I got self-conscious, so now I don't do it much.
Frank Gehry quotes: I like the idea of collaboration - it pushes you. It's a richer experience ... I like the idea of collaboration - it pushes you. It's a richer experience ...
Frank Gehry quotes: You see a lot of so-called architecture that part of the ego trip overpowers the functionality and the budget and all that stuff. You see a lot of so-called architecture that part of the ego trip overpowers the functionality and the budget and all that stuff.
Frank Gehry quotes: Most of our cities built since the war are bland. They're modernist, they're cold, and now architects want to go back to that. Most of our cities built since the war are bland. They're modernist, they're cold, and now architects want to go back to that.
Frank Gehry quotes: Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness. Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.
Frank Gehry quotes: I never said I was opposed to the LEED program or to green building - I'm not. I never said I was opposed to the LEED program or to green building - I'm not.
Frank Gehry quotes: I don't know how to overcome this perception that I'm extravagant. I don't know how to overcome this perception that I'm extravagant.
Frank Gehry quotes: Chicago's one of the rare places where architecture is more visible. Chicago's one of the rare places where architecture is more visible.
Frank Gehry quotes: I'm a leftie, and I've always believed in doing things on a modest scale. I'm a leftie, and I've always believed in doing things on a modest scale.
Frank Gehry quotes: I refuse to work unless I get paid, so I don't get a lot of work sometimes. I refuse to work unless I get paid, so I don't get a lot of work sometimes.
Frank Gehry quotes: I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do. I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.
Frank Gehry quotes: I don't want to do architecture that's dry and dull. I don't want to do architecture that's dry and dull.
Frank Gehry quotes: Man, there's another freedom out there, and it comes from somewhere else, and that somewhere else is the place I'm interested in. Man, there's another freedom out there, and it comes from somewhere else, and that somewhere else is the place I'm interested in.
Frank Gehry quotes: This neo-minimalism super cold stuff is weird to me. I need a place where I can come home and take my shoes off. This neo-minimalism super cold stuff is weird to me. I need a place where I can come home and take my shoes off.
Frank Gehry quotes: Well, I've always just - I've never really gone out looking for work. I always waited for it to sort of hit me on the head. Well, I've always just - I've never really gone out looking for work. I always waited for it to sort of hit me on the head.
Frank Gehry quotes: One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Frank Gehry quotes: You have to build up a credibility before the support comes to you. You have to build up a credibility before the support comes to you.
Frank Gehry quotes: I don't make things with my hands, although I studied woodworking and made furniture. I don't make things with my hands, although I studied woodworking and made furniture.
Frank Gehry quotes: Democracy is a problem and we don't want to get rid of it. Democracy is a problem and we don't want to get rid of it.
Frank Gehry quotes: I would like to make a building as intellectually driven as it is sculptural and as positive as it would be acceptable to hope. I would like to make a building as intellectually driven as it is sculptural and as positive as it would be acceptable to hope.
Frank Gehry quotes: My only extravagance in life is my sailboat. I'm bonkers about that, but other than that, I don't spend money on myself. My only extravagance in life is my sailboat. I'm bonkers about that, but other than that, I don't spend money on myself.
Frank Gehry quotes: I think my best skill as an architect is the achievement of hand-to-eye coordination. I am able to transfer a sketch into a model into the building. I think my best skill as an architect is the achievement of hand-to-eye coordination. I am able to transfer a sketch into a model into the building.
Frank Gehry quotes: The fact is I'm an opportunist. I'll take materials around me, materials on my table, and work with them as I'm searching for an idea that works. The fact is I'm an opportunist. I'll take materials around me, materials on my table, and work with them as I'm searching for an idea that works.
Frank Gehry quotes: Time is just a blur for me. I don't know what - I don't even know where I am sometimes. Time is just a blur for me. I don't know what - I don't even know where I am sometimes.
Frank Gehry quotes: People ask me if I'm an artist or an architect. But I think they're the same. People ask me if I'm an artist or an architect. But I think they're the same.
Frank Gehry quotes: My father probably - he had flashes of creativity - he used to do store windows for fruit stores that he worked in and stuff. My father probably - he had flashes of creativity - he used to do store windows for fruit stores that he worked in and stuff.
Frank Gehry quotes: I promised a lot of people I'd slow down when I turned 80. I promised a lot of people I'd slow down when I turned 80.
Frank Gehry quotes: I work from the inside out. I work from the inside out.
Frank Gehry quotes: Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them. Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them.
Frank Gehry quotes: Anybody I talk to agrees that maybe 2 percent of the building environment since the war, we could call architecture. Anybody I talk to agrees that maybe 2 percent of the building environment since the war, we could call architecture.
Frank Gehry quotes: You've got to bumble forward into the unknown. You've got to bumble forward into the unknown.
Frank Gehry quotes: Take what comes your way. Do the best with it. Be responsible as you can and something good will happen ... Take what comes your way. Do the best with it. Be responsible as you can and something good will happen ...
Frank Gehry quotes: I love working. I don't know what the word vacation means. I love working. I don't know what the word vacation means.
Frank Gehry quotes: Green issues have been used as a marketing tool. Sometimes these green claims are completely meaningless. Green issues have been used as a marketing tool. Sometimes these green claims are completely meaningless.
Frank Gehry quotes: I found the material that people hated the most and used the most. So, I was going and try and see if I could play with it sculpturally. I found the material that people hated the most and used the most. So, I was going and try and see if I could play with it sculpturally.
Frank Gehry quotes: Bilbao opened in 1997. It was only ten years later that I was asked to do another museum. A lot of other people got work because of Bilbao. Bilbao opened in 1997. It was only ten years later that I was asked to do another museum. A lot of other people got work because of Bilbao.
Frank Gehry quotes: There is a backlash against me and everyone who has done buildings that have movement and feeling. There is a backlash against me and everyone who has done buildings that have movement and feeling.
Frank Gehry quotes: You have to be optimistic. I still have doubts and conflicts, but the bottom line is, I believe in the future. You have to be optimistic. I still have doubts and conflicts, but the bottom line is, I believe in the future.
Frank Gehry quotes: There are a great many things about architecture that are hidden from the untrained eye. There are a great many things about architecture that are hidden from the untrained eye.
Frank Gehry quotes: Your best work is your expression of yourself. Now, you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you're the only expert. Your best work is your expression of yourself. Now, you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you're the only expert.
Frank Gehry quotes: If I knew where I was going, I wouldn't do it. When I can predict or plan it, I don't do it. If I knew where I was going, I wouldn't do it. When I can predict or plan it, I don't do it.
Frank Gehry quotes: I have always thought that L.A. is a motor city that developed linear downtowns. I have always thought that L.A. is a motor city that developed linear downtowns.
Frank Gehry quotes: The best advice I've received is to be yourself. The best artists do that. The best advice I've received is to be yourself. The best artists do that.
Frank Gehry quotes: Your work may be great and not make its way into the big picture ... like Van Gogh ... so who's to say what's good and bad? Your work may be great and not make its way into the big picture ... like Van Gogh ... so who's to say what's good and bad?
Frank Gehry quotes: My buildings are all on budget. My buildings are all on budget.
Frank Gehry quotes: In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures. In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures.
Frank Gehry quotes: In an ideal world, pressure should come from below and from the top. In an ideal world, pressure should come from below and from the top.

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