One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
The best advice I've received is to be yourself. The best artists do that. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
The culture of France is unique because it's a culture that has a high priority on the arts, more than any other… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Those who say only artists and architects can create are the ones who are elitist. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
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 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
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
When I was a child I could do math and art, so I had left- and right-brain capabilities. But I've seen my… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Artists dismiss me as an architect, so I'm not in their box, and architects dismiss me as an artist, so I'm not… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Generally in our world, whether in architecture or almost anywhere else, we devalue the artist, and schools at whatever level shut people… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Childhood play is nothing more than an expression of our individuality and preparation for human interaction. Everybody’s an artist. Unfortunately we don’t… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
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 Image
Childhood play is nothing more than an expression of our individuality and preparation for human interaction. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Ideas exist in the marketplace; they are thrown out for everyone to use. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Green issues have been used as a marketing tool. Sometimes these green claims are completely meaningless. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
