Frank Gehry quotes - page 2

You've got to bumble forward into the unknown. (Frank Gehry)
I don't want to do architecture that's dry and dull. View quote
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I don't think all buildings have to be iconic, but the history of the world has shown us that cultures build iconic buildings for their major public buildings. View quote
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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. View quote
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Democracy, obviously, is something we don't want to give up, but it does create chaos. It means the guy next door can do what he wants, and it creates a collision of thinking. In cities, that means people build whatever they want. View quote
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I refuse to work unless I get paid, so I don't get a lot of work sometimes. View quote
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When I was a kid, my father didn't really have much hope for me. He thought I was a dreamer; he didn't think I would amount to anything. My mother also. View quote
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I don't make things with my hands, although I studied woodworking and made furniture. View quote
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I approach each building as a sculptural object, a spatial container, a space with light and air, a response to context and appropriateness of feeling and spirit. To this container, this sculpture, the user brings his baggage, his program, and interacts with it to accommodate his needs. If he can't do that, I've failed. View quote
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Your best work is your expression of yourself. View quote
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You can look anywhere and find inspiration. (Frank Gehry)
That's what you have to find in architecture. You have to find your signature. When you find it, you're the only expert on it. People can say they like it or don't like it. They can argue about it, but it's yours. View quote
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Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them. View quote
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Take what comes your way. Do the best with it. Be responsible as you can and something good will happen. View quote
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You have to be optimistic. I still have doubts and conflicts, but the bottom line is, I believe in the future. View quote
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I would like to make a building as intellectually driven as it is sculptural and as positive as it would be acceptable to hope. View quote
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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. View quote
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Let the experience begin! View quote
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We don't see the banality, but we accept banality. We accept it as inevitable, and it's not. View quote
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Ninety percent of the buildings we live in and around aren't architecture. No, that's not right - 98 percent. View quote
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The whole can be greater than the sum of it's parts, that we all have something to put in the pie to make it better, and that the collaborative interaction works. (Frank Gehry)
One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. View quote
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Everybody's an artist. Unfortunately we don't treat them as such. View quote
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There are a great many things about architecture that are hidden from the untrained eye. View quote
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I love working. I don't know what the word vacation means. View quote
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