220 Quotes by Frank Gehry

Well, I've always just - I've never really gone out looking for work. I always waited for it to sort of hit me on the head.

My father was an urchin that lived in Hell's Kitchen. He was part of a family of nine. I mean, there were times that were better and worse, but mostly, by the time we got to L.A., they'd lost whatever they had. And it was a sad time. And both he and I became truck drivers for different companies.

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.

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.

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.

I don't know how to overcome this perception that I'm extravagant.

I don't want to do architecture that's dry and dull.

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

I promised a lot of people I'd slow down when I turned 80.