I think my best skill as an architect is the achievement of hand-to-eye coordination. I am able to transfer a sketch into… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
People ask me if I'm an artist or an architect. But I think they're the same. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Art is about people. I think the discussion about whether architecture is art or not is lamebrain. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
When I was a kid, my father didn't really have much hope for me. He thought I was a dreamer; he didn't… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
That's why you go into architecture - at least I did - to do things for people. I think most of us… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
My father always told me that I was going to be a failure - I think he was more talking about himself,… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Creativity is about play and a kind of willingness to go with your intuition. It's crucial to an artist. If you know… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Democracy, obviously, is something we don't want to give up, but it does create chaos. It means the guy next door can… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I think the biggest problem with 'industrial' architecture is that it's lost its sense of humanity. Minimalist stuff drains all the humanity… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I don't think all buildings have to be iconic, but the history of the world has shown us that cultures build iconic… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I think people care. If not, why do so many people spend money going on vacations to see architecture? They go to… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
If the room is friendly to a relationship between lecturer and audience, you feel everything - the tension, the appreciation. I think… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I do my best to choose carefully. If I don’t feel that collaboration is going to happen, I say no. Think about… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I used to read more when I was a kid than I do now. It was all sort of fuel for the… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I think you've got to accept that certain things are in process that you can't change, that you can't overwhelm. The chaos… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I've been told I have the biggest ego in the world and that it manifests itself when you come to me and… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I know I draw without taking my pen off the page. I just keep going, and that my drawings I think of… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
The present is filled with flotsam and irony and chaos and disorder in all arenas, political and sociological. I think we have… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I think my attitudes about the past are very traditional. You can't ignore history; you can't escape it even if you want to. You… — Frank Gehry Copy Share
In Tokyo, London or Los Angeles people go into McDonald's and the restaurants are identical and people are comfortable. It's unthreatening. — Frank Gehry Copy Share
I'm inspired by a lot of stuff. I always was interested in sculpture and painting and music and literature and all those things. There's… — Frank Gehry Copy Share
People live and work in uninspiring environments, but look inside those rooms. Look at the painted walls and the decorations. People rebel even in… — Frank Gehry Copy Share
Childhood play is nothing more than an expression of our individuality and preparation for human interaction. — Frank Gehry Copy Share
Green issues have been used as a marketing tool. Sometimes these green claims are completely meaningless. — Frank Gehry Copy Share
There are a lot of questions about whether architecture is art. The people who ask that think pretty tract houses are architecture. But that… — Frank Gehry Copy Share
I used to read more when I was a kid than I do now. It was all sort of fuel for the fire to… — Frank Gehry Copy Share
I found myself starting architecture with a deep social, Jewish, liberal conscience, and the belief that architecture is for the people. It was a… — Frank Gehry Copy Share
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… — Frank Gehry Copy Share
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,… — Frank Gehry Copy Share
Bilbao opened in 1997. It was only ten years later that I was asked to do another museum. A lot of other people got… — Frank Gehry Copy Share
