Frank Gehry
Frank Gehry
Frank Owen Gehry, CC28 February 1929) is a Canadian-born American architect, residing in Los Angeles...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth28 February 1929
CityToronto, Canada
CountryUnited States of America
people safety spread
The safety requirements, which are necessary, spread everything out and push people farther and farther away from the stage and from each other.
motivational work sweat
For me, every day is a new thing. 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. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.
inspiration looks
You can look anywhere and find inspiration.
thinking years cities
I think you've got to accept that certain things are in process that you can't change, that you can't overwhelm. The chaos of our cities, the randomness of our lives, the unpredictability of where you're going to be in ten years from now - all of those things are weighing on us, and yet there is a certain glimmer of control. If you act a certain way, and talk a certain way, you're going to draw certain forces to you.
design
I'm going to design the container and interior spaces. You bring your own stuff to it and make it your own.
kind talent persons
Not every person has the same kinds of talents, so you discover what yours are and work with them.
writing different students
When I start my class I ask the students to write their signatures on pieces of paper and put them on a table. I have them look at them, and I point out, "They're all different, aren't they? That's you, that's you, that's you, that's you."
fun creativity grandmother
Creativity is about play and a kind of willingness to go with your intuition. It's crucial to an artist. If you know where you are going and what you are going to do, why do it? I think I learned that from the artists, from my grandmother, from all the creative people I've spent time with over the years.
thinking artist people
People ask me if I'm an artist or an architect. But I think they're the same.
beautiful drama believe
Architecture is a small piece of this human equation, but for those of us who practice it, we believe in its potential to make a difference, to enlighten and to enrich the human experience, to penetrate the barriers of misunderstandin g and provide a beautiful context for life's drama.
accepting inevitable
We don't see the banality, but we accept banality. We accept it as inevitable, and it's not.
badass bad-ass talking
Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.
bad-ass people architecture
I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.
hope people wander york
I hope that people will wander through it. It's a spread-out downtown. It's an L.A. downtown, it's not a New York downtown.