Author: 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

There are a lot of questions about whether architecture is art. The people who ask that think pretty tract houses are architecture. But that doesn't hold up.

There are a lot of questions about whether architecture is art. The people who ask that think pretty tract houses are architecture. But that doesn't hold up.

- Frank Gehry

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

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

I work from the inside out.

I work from the inside out.

- Frank Gehry

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.

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.

- Frank Gehry

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

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

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

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