--- title: "10 Knows Quotes By Frank Gehry" description: "10 Knows quotes by Frank Gehry. Plus more from Frank Gehry and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc0/frank-gehry-2139_doing_if-you-know-where-it-s-going-it-s-not-wo_1678789.png" --- > [If you know where it's going, it's not worth doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/if-you-know-where-it-s-going-it-s-not-worth-doing/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc0/frank-gehry-2139_doing_if-you-know-where-it-s-going-it-s-not-wo_1678789.png) > [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) > [I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-don-t-know-why-people-hire-architects-and-then-tell-them-what-to-do/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad9/frank-gehry-2139_architect_i-don-t-know-why-people-hire-architects_351106.png) > [I love working. I don't know what the word vacation means.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-love-working-i-don-t-know-what-the-word-vacation-means/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee7/frank-gehry-2139_knows_i-love-working-i-don-t-know-what-the-wor_1467511.png) > [Time is just a blur for me. I don't know what - I don't even know where I am sometimes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/time-is-just-a-blur-for-me-i-don-t-know-what-i-don-t-even-know-where/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fa/frank-gehry-2139_blur_time-is-just-a-blur-for-me-i-don-t-know_375762.png) > [You can't ignore history; you can't escape it even if you want to. You might as well know where you come from,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/you-can-t-ignore-history-you-can-t-escape-it-even-if-you-want-to-you/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/frank-gehry-2139_done_you-can-t-ignore-history-you-can-t-escap_1125063.png) > [My father always told me that I was going to be a failure - I think he was more talking about himself,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/my-father-always-told-me-that-i-was-going-to-be-a-failure-i-think-he/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f05/frank-gehry-2139_failure_my-father-always-told-me-that-i-was-goin_1448034.png) > [Creativity is about play and a kind of willingness to go with your intuition. It's crucial to an artist. If you know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/creativity-is-about-play-and-a-kind-of-willingness-to-go-with-your/) [Frank Gehry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-gehry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c0/frank-gehry-2139_art_creativity-is-about-play-and-a-kind-of-w_2093072.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) > [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) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/knows/frank-gehry/#itemlist", "name": "10 Knows Quotes By Frank Gehry", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you know where it's going, it's not worth doing.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Gehry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/if-you-know-where-it-s-going-it-s-not-worth-doing/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc0/frank-gehry-2139_doing_if-you-know-where-it-s-going-it-s-not-wo_1678789.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc0/frank-gehry-2139_doing_if-you-know-where-it-s-going-it-s-not-wo_1678789.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc0/frank-gehry-2139_doing_if-you-know-where-it-s-going-it-s-not-wo_1678789.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you know where it's going, it's not worth doing.” — Frank Gehry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know whose box I'm in, and I don't really care.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Gehry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-don-t-know-whose-box-i-m-in-and-i-don-t-really-care/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/frank-gehry-2139_boxes_i-don-t-know-whose-box-i-m-in-and-i-don_383857.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/frank-gehry-2139_boxes_i-don-t-know-whose-box-i-m-in-and-i-don_383857.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4c/frank-gehry-2139_boxes_i-don-t-know-whose-box-i-m-in-and-i-don_383857.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't know whose box I'm in, and I don't really care.” — Frank Gehry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Frank Gehry" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-gehry/i-don-t-know-why-people-hire-architects-and-then-tell-them-what-to-do/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad9/frank-gehry-2139_architect_i-don-t-know-why-people-hire-architects_351106.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad9/frank-gehry-2139_architect_i-don-t-know-why-people-hire-architects_351106.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad9/frank-gehry-2139_architect_i-don-t-know-why-people-hire-architects_351106.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.” — Frank Gehry", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I love working. 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