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 architecturebilbaocare share on social
I'm a leftie, and I've always believed in doing things on a modest scale. Frank Gehry believehaveleftie Change image and share on social
A well-designed home has to be very comfortable. I can't stand the aesthetes, the minimal thing. I can't live that way. My home has to be filled with stuff - mostly paintings, sculpture, my fish lamps, cardboard furniture, lots of books. Frank Gehry aesthetebookcardboard share on social
Green issues have been used as a marketing tool. Sometimes these green claims are completely meaningless. Frank Gehry claimcompletelygreen Change image and share on social
My father probably - he had flashes of creativity - he used to do store windows for fruit stores that he worked in and stuff. Frank Gehry creativityfatherflash Change image and share on social
Liquid architecture. It's like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it's a way of - for me, it's a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city. Frank Gehry architecturecityhappen share on social
Each project, I suffer like I'm starting over again in life. There's a lot of healthy insecurity that fuels this stuff. Frank Gehry fuelhealthyinsecurity Change image and share on social
There are people who design buildings that are not technically and financially good, and there are those who do. Two categories - simple. Frank Gehry buildingcategorydesign Change image and share on social
I make a model of the site. There are some obvious things: where the entrance should be, where the cars have to go in. You start to get the scale of it. You understand the client's needs, and what the client is hoping for and yearning for. Frank Gehry carcliententrance share on social
Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness. Frank Gehry architectureplacespeak Change image and share on social