220 Quotes by Frank Gehry

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.

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

We want that center, we yearn for it, we need it. It shouldn't look like New York or Paris, it should look like us.

One particular image of an Edwardian woman captured my imagination, ... The movement of the dress as she promenaded along the seafront provided the inspiration for the historical references and sculptured forms in the design.

I think that there is a desire on the part of the city and county to do something special there.

Jewelry is an art form, ... In conceptualizing designs for Tiffany, I worked as I always do, sketching and creating models. Sculptors and painters have inspired me with their ability to make things with their own hands. This process led to the discovery of new ways to give feeling and spirit to form, and realize our shared vision of jewelry that provides a beautiful context for living now.

It needs a mix of populations. It's got to be a mix of different age groups, economic groups and ethnic groups to really function.

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.

Cardboard is another material that's ubiquitous and everybody hates, yet when I made furniture with it everybody loved it.