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Some people may say my curved panels look like sails. Well, I am a sailor, so I guess I probably do use that metaphor in my work - though not consciously.

~Frank Gehry

Topics: Am Guess Like Look May Metaphor People Sailor Sails Say Some Some People Though Use Well Work I Am

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If I knew where I was going, I wouldn't do it. When I can predict or plan it, I don't do it.

~Frank Gehry

Topics: Going Knew Plan Predict Where I Can

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Architecture is a service business. An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it that.

~Frank Gehry

Topics: Architect Architecture Art Budget Business Call End Given Least People Place Product Program Rises Schedule Service Sometimes

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I think people care. If not, why do so many people spend money going on vacations to see architecture? They go to the Parthenon, to Chartres, to the Sydney Opera House. They go to Bilbao... Something compels them, and yet we live surrounded by everything but great architecture.

~Frank Gehry

Topics: Architecture Care Compels Everything Go Going Great House Live Many Money Opera Opera House People See So Many People Something Spend Surrounded Sydney Them Think Vacations Why I Think

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And I realized, when I'd come in to the meetings with these corrugated metal and chain link stuff, and people would just look at me like I'd just landed from Mars. But I couldn't do anything else. That was my response to the people and the time.

~Frank Gehry

Topics: Anything Anything Else Chain Come Else Just Landed Like Link Look Mars Me Meetings Metal People Realized Response Stuff Time Would

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I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did, and I get the sweats, I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going.

~Frank Gehry

Topics: Almost Approach Did Each Ever First Get Go Going Insecurity Like New Project Start Sure Sweats Where Working

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Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. 'The client made me do this.' 'The city made me do this.' 'Oh, the budget.' I don't believe that anymore.

~Frank Gehry

Topics: Anymore Architecture Behind Believe Budget City Client Excuses Hide Look Lot Made Me Oh Places

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There is a backlash against me and everyone who has done buildings that have movement and feeling.

~Frank Gehry

Topics: Against Backlash Buildings Done Everyone Feeling Me Movement Who

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Most of our cities built since the war are bland. They're modernist, they're cold, and now architects want to go back to that.

~Frank Gehry

Topics: Architects Back Bland Built Cities Cold Go Modernist Most Now Our Since Want War

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My buildings are all on budget.

~Frank Gehry

Topics: Budget Buildings

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Architect

Born: February 28th, 1929

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