Frank Gehry quotes

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness. (Frank Gehry)
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. View quote
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I am obsessed with architecture. It is true, I am restless, trying to find myself as an architect, and how best to contribute in this world filled with contradiction, disparity, and inequality, even passion and opportunity. View quote
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The best advice I've received is to be yourself. The best artists do that. View quote
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If I knew where I was going, I wouldn't do it. When I can predict or plan it, I don't do it. View quote
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Green issues have been used as a marketing tool. Sometimes these green claims are completely meaningless. View quote
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Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It's about making the world a better place, and it works over the generations because people go on vacation and they look for it. View quote
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I do think democracy has produced chaos, especially visual. A lot of people don't like it and yearn for nineteenth-century images, forgetting that the politics of those images were different than the democracy we love. View quote
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I get that a lot because I've hung around with a lot of artists and I'm very close to a lot of them. I'm very involved in their work; I think a lot of my ideas have grown out of it, and that there's been some give and take. View quote
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People ask me if I'm an artist or an architect. But I think they're the same. View quote
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I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do. (Frank Gehry)
In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures. View quote
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An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it that. View quote
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Time is just a blur for me. I don't know what - I don't even know where I am sometimes. View quote
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Some people may say my curved panels look like sails. Well, I am a sailor, so I guess I probably do use that metaphor in my work - though not consciously. View quote
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Each project, I suffer like I'm starting over again in life. There's a lot of healthy insecurity that fuels this stuff. View quote
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There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories - simple. View quote
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On certain projects, on big public projects, people definitely are interested in making them greener, but on smaller projects with tight budgets it can be harder. View quote
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I work from the inside out. View quote
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I don't know how to overcome this perception that I'm extravagant. View quote
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Chicago's one of the rare places where architecture is more visible. (Frank Gehry)
You can't ignore history; you can't escape it even if you want to. You might as well know where you come from, and you might as well know that everything has been done in some shape or form. View quote
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Life is chaotic, dangerous, and surprising. Buildings should reflect that. View quote
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[ Brancusi ] has had more influence on my work than most architects. View quote
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For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it. View quote
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