In the end, the character of a civilization is encased in its structures. Frank Gehry More Quotes by Frank Gehry More Quotes From Frank Gehry 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. Frank Gehry ego challenges thinking 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. Frank Gehry furniture home book 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. Frank Gehry looking-for-work wells gone 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 creativity stuff father My buildings are all on budget. Frank Gehry budgets building I never said I was opposed to the LEED program or to green building - I'm not. Frank Gehry program building green 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. Frank Gehry kitchen mean father Anybody I talk to agrees that maybe 2 percent of the building environment since the war, we could call architecture. Frank Gehry environment architecture war Democracy is a problem and we don't want to get rid of it. Frank Gehry democracy problem want Architecture is a service business. An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it that. Frank Gehry service business people art A lot of people don't get it, but I design from the inside out so that the finished product looks inevitable somehow. I think it's important to create spaces that people like to be in, that are humanistic. Frank Gehry think design important people
