220 Quotes by Frank Gehry

When people condemn me for designing iconic buildings in cities and not having an idea what a city is, they haven't done their homework. I started in urban design and city planning. It's just that when I got out of school there wasn't much of a market for that. There still isn't.

My buildings are all on budget.

In an ideal world, pressure should come from below and from the top.

The architect Borromini's Quattro Fontane, a little church in Rome, is one of the most beautiful rooms in history.

I've been told I have the biggest ego in the world and that it manifests itself when you come to me and say, 'I don't like this' or 'I want a change'... and that I relish that because my ego's so big I think I can solve whatever you throw at me and make it even better. I enjoy the interaction and the challenge.

I'm a do-gooder liberal.

The culture of France is unique because it's a culture that has a high priority on the arts, more than any other place in the world in our time since Greece. So as a practicing artist, if you will, this is home ground. They love us, so music, literature, art continues to be the center.

You see a lot of so-called architecture that part of the ego trip overpowers the functionality and the budget and all that stuff.

For me, every day is a new thing.