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
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
I promised a lot of people I'd slow down when I turned 80. Frank Gehry lotpeoplepromise Change image and 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
Architecture has always been a very idealistic profession. It's about making the world a better place, and it works over the generations because people go on vacation and they look for it. Frank Gehry architecturegenerationidealistic Change image and share on social
There are a lot of questions about whether architecture is art. The people who ask that think pretty tract houses are architecture. But that doesn't hold up. Frank Gehry architecturearthold Change image and share on social
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. Frank Gehry amountdreamerfather Change image and share on social
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. Frank Gehry buildchoicefrank Change image and share on social
I was in Peru and visited a building near Lima built by the Incas. It was low in height, with no windows at all, but all the way in the back there was air movement. And I couldn't figure out how they'd done it; it was incredible. Frank Gehry airbackbuild share on social
You've got to bumble forward into the unknown. Frank Gehry bumbleforwardhave Change image and share on social
