--- title: "21 Building Quotes By Frank Gehry" description: "21 Building quotes by Frank Gehry. Plus more from Frank Gehry and more Building sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/frank-gehry-2139_budget_my-buildings-are-all-on-budget-2033714_2033714.png" --- > [My buildings are all on budget.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/my-buildings-are-all-on-budget/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/frank-gehry-2139_budget_my-buildings-are-all-on-budget-2033714_2033714.png) > [Anybody I talk to agrees that maybe 2 percent of the building environment since the war, we could call architecture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/anybody-i-talk-to-agrees-that-maybe-2-percent-of-the-building/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/frank-gehry-2139_agree_anybody-i-talk-to-agrees-that-maybe-2-pe_1069758.png) > [There is a backlash against me and everyone who has done buildings that have movement and feeling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/there-is-a-backlash-against-me-and-everyone-who-has-done-buildings/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/frank-gehry-2139_backlash_there-is-a-backlash-against-me-and-every_739351.png) > [I never said I was opposed to the LEED program or to green building - I'm not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-never-said-i-was-opposed-to-the-leed-program-or-to-green-building-i/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/frank-gehry-2139_building_i-never-said-i-was-opposed-to-the-leed-p_3088470.png) > [Ninety percent of the buildings we live in and around aren't architecture. No, that's not right - 98 percent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/ninety-percent-of-the-buildings-we-live-in-and-around-aren-t/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07e/frank-gehry-2139_architecture_ninety-percent-of-the-buildings-we-live_1442496.png) > [I don't think all buildings have to be iconic, but the history of the world has shown us that cultures build iconic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-don-t-think-all-buildings-have-to-be-iconic-but-the-history-of-the/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf5/frank-gehry-2139_build_i-don-t-think-all-buildings-have-to-be-i_1139114.png) > [I would like to make a building as intellectually driven as it is sculptural and as positive as it would be acceptable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-would-like-to-make-a-building-as-intellectually-driven-as-it-is/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4e/frank-gehry-2139_acceptable_i-would-like-to-make-a-building-as-intel_2238017.jpg) > [I was in Peru and visited a building near Lima built by the Incas. It was low in height, with no windows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-was-in-peru-and-visited-a-building-near-lima-built-by-the-incas-it/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/164/frank-gehry-2139_air_i-was-in-peru-and-visited-a-building-nea_933352.png) > [You have to do every detail on every bloody piece of the building. You have to know how the engineering works. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/you-have-to-do-every-detail-on-every-bloody-piece-of-the-building-you/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb5/frank-gehry-2139_bloody_you-have-to-do-every-detail-on-every-blo_2239803.png) > [There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/there-are-people-who-design-buildings-that-are-not-technically-and/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/111/frank-gehry-2139_building_there-are-people-who-design-buildings-th_1215104.png) > [Just because you are an architect and make decent buildings does not mean that you can suddenly become a set designer for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/just-because-you-are-an-architect-and-make-decent-buildings-does-not/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fa/frank-gehry-2139_architect_just-because-you-are-an-architect-and-ma_791716.png) > [I think my best skill as an architect is the achievement of hand-to-eye coordination. I am able to transfer a sketch into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-think-my-best-skill-as-an-architect-is-the-achievement-of-hand-to/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46d/frank-gehry-2139_able_i-think-my-best-skill-as-an-architect-is_1610113.png) > [When you were a kid, if you went to the Montreal Forum or a hockey game at Maple Leaf Gardens, which I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/when-you-were-a-kid-if-you-went-to-the-montreal-forum-or-a-hockey/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0f/frank-gehry-2139_building_when-you-were-a-kid-if-you-went-to-the-m_438223.png) > [What I have learned about museum buildings is that buildings have to have iconic presentations. The position of the art museum vis-a-vis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/what-i-have-learned-about-museum-buildings-is-that-buildings-have-to/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b32/frank-gehry-2139_art_what-i-have-learned-about-museum-buildin_1668774.png) > [I know I draw without taking my pen off the page. I just keep going, and that my drawings I think of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-know-i-draw-without-taking-my-pen-off-the-page-i-just-keep-going/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb7/frank-gehry-2139_artist_i-know-i-draw-without-taking-my-pen-off_1923051.png) > [I used to read more when I was a kid than I do now. It was all sort of fuel for the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/frank-gehry-2139_architecture_i-used-to-read-more-when-i-was-a-kid-tha_152062.png) > [You never build the perfect building. Only Allah is perfect. Life is such. You make decisions on conclusions, then some guy invents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/you-never-build-the-perfect-building-only-allah-is-perfect-life-is/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/frank-gehry-2139_art_you-never-build-the-perfect-building-onl_1900875.png) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/if-you-re-serious-about-being-an-architect-you-ve-got-to-learn-how-to-2/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be5/frank-gehry-2139_architect_if-you-re-serious-about-being-an-archite_1098911.png) > [When people condemn me for designing iconic buildings in cities and not having an idea what a city is, they haven't done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/when-people-condemn-me-for-designing-iconic-buildings-in-cities-and/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ab/frank-gehry-2139_building_when-people-condemn-me-for-designing-ico_1147777.png) > [China is building cities for a 20 to 40 percent increase in population. India is quickly growing. The carbon footprints of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/china-is-building-cities-for-a-20-to-40-percent-increase-in/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e8/frank-gehry-2139_around-the-world_china-is-building-cities-for-a-20-to-40_2775507.jpg) > [You have freedom, so you have to make choices - and at the point when I make a choice, the building starts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/you-have-freedom-so-you-have-to-make-choices-and-at-the-point-when-i/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d8/frank-gehry-2139_building_you-have-freedom-so-you-have-to-make-cho_2275769.png) ## Other authors on Building ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/building/frank-gehry/#itemlist", "name": "21 Building Quotes By Frank Gehry", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My buildings are all on budget.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Gehry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/my-buildings-are-all-on-budget/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/frank-gehry-2139_budget_my-buildings-are-all-on-budget-2033714_2033714.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/frank-gehry-2139_budget_my-buildings-are-all-on-budget-2033714_2033714.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09a/frank-gehry-2139_budget_my-buildings-are-all-on-budget-2033714_2033714.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My buildings are all on budget.” — Frank Gehry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Anybody I talk to agrees that maybe 2 percent of the building environment since the war, we could call architecture.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Gehry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/anybody-i-talk-to-agrees-that-maybe-2-percent-of-the-building/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/frank-gehry-2139_agree_anybody-i-talk-to-agrees-that-maybe-2-pe_1069758.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/frank-gehry-2139_agree_anybody-i-talk-to-agrees-that-maybe-2-pe_1069758.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b9/frank-gehry-2139_agree_anybody-i-talk-to-agrees-that-maybe-2-pe_1069758.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Anybody I talk to agrees that maybe 2 percent of the building environment since the war, we could call…” — Frank Gehry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is a backlash against me and everyone who has done buildings that have movement and feeling.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Gehry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/there-is-a-backlash-against-me-and-everyone-who-has-done-buildings/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/frank-gehry-2139_backlash_there-is-a-backlash-against-me-and-every_739351.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/frank-gehry-2139_backlash_there-is-a-backlash-against-me-and-every_739351.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/frank-gehry-2139_backlash_there-is-a-backlash-against-me-and-every_739351.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is a backlash against me and everyone who has done buildings that have movement and feeling.” — Frank Gehry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I never said I was opposed to the LEED program or to green building - I'm not.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Gehry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-never-said-i-was-opposed-to-the-leed-program-or-to-green-building-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/frank-gehry-2139_building_i-never-said-i-was-opposed-to-the-leed-p_3088470.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/frank-gehry-2139_building_i-never-said-i-was-opposed-to-the-leed-p_3088470.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/frank-gehry-2139_building_i-never-said-i-was-opposed-to-the-leed-p_3088470.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I never said I was opposed to the LEED program or to green building - I'm not.” — Frank Gehry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ninety percent of the buildings we live in and around aren't architecture. 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