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Frank Gehry Quotes

American - Architect | February 28, 1929 -

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

Me Buildings Feeling Done Movement

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.

War Cold Back Go Now Want

My buildings are all on budget.

Budget Buildings

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.

Father Mother Hope Me Think Thought

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

Plan I Can Predict Where Going Knew

Democracy, obviously, is something we don't want to give up, but it does create chaos. It means the guy next door can do what he wants, and it creates a collision of thinking. In cities, that means people build whatever they want.

People Door Chaos Democracy Thinking

This neo-minimalism super cold stuff is weird to me. I need a place where I can come home and take my shoes off.

Home Shoes Me Cold Weird I Can

When I went to Harvard and studied planning, I found I didn't have the skills or the strength to become the kind of public person who could go out and lobby government agencies.

Strength Government Planning Person

I don't make things with my hands, although I studied woodworking and made furniture.

Hands Furniture Things Make Made

You have freedom, so you have to make choices - and at the point when I make a choice, the building starts to look like a Frank Gehry building. It's a signature.

Freedom Building Choices You Look

I have always thought that L.A. is a motor city that developed linear downtowns.

City Thought Always Motor Linear

I can't just decide myself what's being built. Someone decides what they want, then I work for them.

Work Myself Someone Want Decide

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