Frank Gehry Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“You've got to bumble forward into the unknown.”

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

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

“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.”

“There is stuff I would have liked to have done. But there are no sour grapes.”

“When I was a kid, my father didn't really have much hope for me. He thought I was a dreamer; he didn't think I would amount to anything. My mother also.”

“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, so now I don't do it much.”

“I work from the inside out.”

“I refuse to work unless I get paid, so I don't get a lot of work sometimes.”

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