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title: "5 Boxes Quotes By Frank Gehry"
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> [I don't know whose box I'm in, and I don't really care.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-don-t-know-whose-box-i-m-in-and-i-don-t-really-care/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/frank-gehry-2139_boxes_i-don-t-know-whose-box-i-m-in-and-i-don_383857.png)

> [We live and work in boxes. People don't even notice that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/we-live-and-work-in-boxes-people-don-t-even-notice-that/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/073/frank-gehry-2139_boxes_we-live-and-work-in-boxes-people-don-t-e_1050081.png)

> [We live and work in boxes. People don't even notice that. Most of what's around us is banal. We live with it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/we-live-and-work-in-boxes-people-don-t-even-notice-that-most-of-what/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4e/frank-gehry-2139_accepting_we-live-and-work-in-boxes-people-don-t-e_1428005.png)

> [It's a metaphor for what we're being told: "Just stay in the box, kid, don't muddy the water." Parents say it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/it-s-a-metaphor-for-what-we-re-being-told-just-stay-in-the-box-kid/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/frank-gehry-2139_boxes_it-s-a-metaphor-for-what-we-re-being-tol_2530127.jpg)

> [Artists dismiss me as an architect, so I'm not in their box, and architects dismiss me as an artist, so I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/artists-dismiss-me-as-an-architect-so-i-m-not-in-their-box-and/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/frank-gehry-2139_architect_artists-dismiss-me-as-an-architect-so-i_2800195.png)

## Other authors on Boxes

## More by Frank Gehry

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-think-my-attitudes-about-the-past-are-very-traditional-you-can-t/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

> [In Tokyo, London or Los Angeles people go into McDonald's and the restaurants are identical and people are comfortable. It's unthreatening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/in-tokyo-london-or-los-angeles-people-go-into-mcdonald-s-and-the/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-m-inspired-by-a-lot-of-stuff-i-always-was-interested-in-sculpture/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

> [One of my greatest influences is the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/one-of-my-greatest-influences-is-the-italian-artist-gian-lorenzo/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

> [People live and work in uninspiring environments, but look inside those rooms. Look at the painted walls and the decorations. People rebel even in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/people-live-and-work-in-uninspiring-environments-but-look-inside/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

> [Childhood play is nothing more than an expression of our individuality and preparation for human interaction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/childhood-play-is-nothing-more-than-an-expression-of-our/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

> [Ideas exist in the marketplace; they are thrown out for everyone to use.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/ideas-exist-in-the-marketplace-they-are-thrown-out-for-everyone-to-use/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

> [Green issues have been used as a marketing tool. Sometimes these green claims are completely meaningless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/green-issues-have-been-used-as-a-marketing-tool-sometimes-these-green/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/there-are-a-lot-of-questions-about-whether-architecture-is-art-the/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

> [I used to read more when I was a kid than I do now. It was all sort of fuel for the fire to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-used-to-read-more-when-i-was-a-kid-than-i-do-now-it-was-all-sort-of/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

> [I found myself starting architecture with a deep social, Jewish, liberal conscience, and the belief that architecture is for the people. It was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-found-myself-starting-architecture-with-a-deep-social-jewish/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

> [The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/the-message-i-hope-to-have-sent-is-just-the-example-of-being-yourself/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/the-whole-can-be-greater-than-the-sum-of-it-s-parts-that-we-all-have/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-used-to-sketch-that-s-the-way-i-thought-out-loud-then-they-made-a/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

> [Bilbao opened in 1997. It was only ten years later that I was asked to do another museum. A lot of other people got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/bilbao-opened-in-1997-it-was-only-ten-years-later-that-i-was-asked-to/)

[Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/)

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