Frank Gehry Quotes

A lot of people don't get it, but I design from the inside out so that the finished product looks in...

My father was an urchin that lived in Hell's Kitchen. He was part of a family of nine. I mean, there...

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It's about making the world a better plac...

I don't think all buildings have to be iconic, but the history of the world has shown us that cultur...

I don't want to do architecture that's dry and dull.

I think my attitudes about the past are very traditional. You can't ignore history; you can't escape...

I think people care. If not, why do so many people spend money going on vacations to see architectur...

There are a lot of questions about whether architecture is art. The people who ask that think pretty...

Chicago's one of the rare places where architecture is more visible.

You have freedom, so you have to make choices - and at the point when I make a choice, the building ...

There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are t...

The best advice I've received is to be yourself. The best artists do that.

Architecture is a service business. An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. So...

It's not new that architecture can profoundly affect a place, sometimes transform it. Architecture a...

Liquid architecture. It's like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you...

I would like to make a building as intellectually driven as it is sculptural and as positive as it w...

Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. 'The client made me do this...

A well-designed home has to be very comfortable. I can't stand the aesthetes, the minimal thing. I c...

When I was a kid, my father didn't really have much hope for me. He thought I was a dreamer; he didn...

For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the fir...