There is a backlash against me and everyone who has done buildings that have movement and feeling. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Anybody I talk to agrees that maybe 2 percent of the building environment since the war, we could call architecture. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I never said I was opposed to the LEED program or to green building - I'm not. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
Ninety percent of the buildings we live in and around aren't architecture. No, that's not right - 98 percent. — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
You have to do every detail on every bloody piece of the building. You have to know how the engineering works. You… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I was in Peru and visited a building near Lima built by the Incas. It was low in height, with no windows… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
I would like to make a building as intellectually driven as it is sculptural and as positive as it would be acceptable… — 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
When you were a kid, if you went to the Montreal Forum or a hockey game at Maple Leaf Gardens, which I… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
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
Just because you are an architect and make decent buildings does not mean that you can suddenly become a set designer for… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories -… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
What I have learned about museum buildings is that buildings have to have iconic presentations. The position of the art museum vis-a-vis… — 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
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
You never build the perfect building. Only Allah is perfect. Life is such. You make decisions on conclusions, then some guy invents… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
When people condemn me for designing iconic buildings in cities and not having an idea what a city is, they haven't done… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
If you're serious about being an architect, you've got to learn how to take responsibility. It's not fluff. You have to do… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
You have freedom, so you have to make choices - and at the point when I make a choice, the building starts… — Frank Gehry Copy Share Image
China is building cities for a 20 to 40 percent increase in population. India is quickly growing. The carbon footprints of that… — 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
