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Frank Gehry Quotes

With computers we can work everything out from the beginning Picture Quote #1

Ultimately you can’t repress individuality, even though you can try Picture Quote #1

My buildings are all on budget Picture Quote #1

Let the experience begin Picture Quote #1

The thing is, I hate the celebrity architect thing. I just do my work Picture Quote #1

Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. ‘The client made me do this.’ ‘The city made me do this.’ ‘Oh, the budget.’ I don’t believe that anymore Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

If you’re serious about being an architect, you’ve got to learn how to take responsibility Picture Quote #1

The best advice I’ve received is to be yourself. The best artists do that Picture Quote #1

The safety requirements, which are necessary, spread everything out and push people farther and farther away from the stage and from each other Picture Quote #1

Just because you are an architect and make decent buildings does not mean that you can suddenly become a set designer for one of the best avant-garde dancers in the world Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Art is about people. I think the discussion about whether architecture is art or not is lamebrain Picture Quote #1

It’s not new that architecture can profoundly affect a place, sometimes transform it. Architecture and any art can transform a person, even save someone Picture Quote #1

Many people put a green button on their collar and feel good, just like a lot of people put an American flag on their lapels and feel patriotic. It’s not enough Picture Quote #1

It should begin much earlier with arts education in the American school system, which is sadly deficient Picture Quote #1

As much as we pretend otherwise, we want what’s comfortable, and we’re afraid of the different. We’re afraid of change Picture Quote #1

Most of what’s around us is banal. We live with it. We accept it as inevitable Picture Quote #1

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In the Renaissance there wasn’t a distinction. Bernini was an artist and he made architecture, and Michelangelo also did some great architecture Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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? Picture Quote #1

Liquid architecture. It’s like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it’s a way of - for me, it’s a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Green issues have been used as a marketing tool. Sometimes these green claims are completely meaningless Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

A well-designed home has to be very comfortable. I can’t stand the aesthetes, the minimal thing. I can’t live that way. My home has to be filled with stuff - mostly paintings, sculpture, my fish lamps, cardboard furniture, lots of books Picture Quote #1

I think people care. If not, why do so many people spend money going on vacations to see architecture? They go to the Parthenon, to Chartres, to the Sydney Opera House. They go to Bilbao... Something compels them, and yet we live surrounded by everything but great architecture Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When I went to Harvard and studied planning, I found I didn’t have the skills or the strength to become the kind of public person who could go out and lobby government agencies Picture Quote #1

I’m preprogrammed emotionally and intellectually not to go down blind alleys. I don’t waste the time. I automatically edit out whatever’s impractical Picture Quote #1

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With computers we can work everything out from the beginning (Frank Gehry Quotes) Ultimately you can’t repress individuality, even though you can try (Frank Gehry Quotes) My buildings are all on budget (Frank Gehry Quotes) Let the experience begin (Frank Gehry Quotes) The thing is, I hate the celebrity architect thing. I just do my work. (Frank Gehry Quotes) Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. ‘The client made me do this.’ ‘The city made me do this.’ ‘Oh, the budget.’ I don’t believe that anymore (Frank Gehry Quotes) 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. (Frank Gehry Quotes) If you’re serious about being an architect, you’ve got to learn how to take responsibility (Frank Gehry Quotes) The best advice I’ve received is to be yourself. The best artists do that. (Frank Gehry Quotes) The safety requirements, which are necessary, spread everything out and push people farther and farther away from the stage and from each other. (Frank Gehry Quotes) Just because you are an architect and make decent buildings does not mean that you can suddenly become a set designer for one of the best avant-garde dancers in the world. (Frank Gehry Quotes) 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 Quotes) Art is about people. I think the discussion about whether architecture is art or not is lamebrain. (Frank Gehry Quotes) It’s not new that architecture can profoundly affect a place, sometimes transform it. Architecture and any art can transform a person, even save someone. (Frank Gehry Quotes) Many people put a green button on their collar and feel good, just like a lot of people put an American flag on their lapels and feel patriotic. It’s not enough. (Frank Gehry Quotes) It should begin much earlier with arts education in the American school system, which is sadly deficient. (Frank Gehry Quotes) As much as we pretend otherwise, we want what’s comfortable, and we’re afraid of the different. We’re afraid of change. (Frank Gehry Quotes) Most of what’s around us is banal. We live with it. We accept it as inevitable (Frank Gehry Quotes) In the Renaissance there wasn’t a distinction. Bernini was an artist and he made architecture, and Michelangelo also did some great architecture. (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 (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? (Frank Gehry Quotes) Liquid architecture. It’s like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it’s a way of - for me, it’s a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city (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 (Frank Gehry Quotes) Green issues have been used as a marketing tool. Sometimes these green claims are completely meaningless (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 (Frank Gehry Quotes) A well-designed home has to be very comfortable. I can’t stand the aesthetes, the minimal thing. I can’t live that way. My home has to be filled with stuff - mostly paintings, sculpture, my fish lamps, cardboard furniture, lots of books (Frank Gehry Quotes) I think people care. If not, why do so many people spend money going on vacations to see architecture? They go to the Parthenon, to Chartres, to the Sydney Opera House. They go to Bilbao... Something compels them, and yet we live surrounded by everything but great architecture (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 (Frank Gehry Quotes) When I went to Harvard and studied planning, I found I didn’t have the skills or the strength to become the kind of public person who could go out and lobby government agencies. (Frank Gehry Quotes) I’m preprogrammed emotionally and intellectually not to go down blind alleys. I don’t waste the time. I automatically edit out whatever’s impractical. (Frank Gehry Quotes)

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