Frank Gehry Quotes

I am an architect, first.

My dad designed houses and was an architect for many years.

My main profession is architect.

My father was an architect.

I am interested in classic building development, such as hotels and residential homes, rather than commercial properties.

I've been working with contractors designing and building a house on a nonstop basis since 2005. I learned about all these systems of audio, construction, electricity, energy, water systems.

I suppose I was a frustrated artist. I like fitting things together, and there are plenty of different ways to do that with real estate.

Who is the architect? I am the architect.

Architecture is not a profession for the faint-hearted, the weak-willed, or the short-lived.

The Engineer Corps is charged with all construction, including light railways and roads.

As a child I wanted to become an architect.

My dad's an architect and my mom owned a French bakery for twelve years.

The architect must get to know the people who will live in the planned house. From their needs, the rest inevitably follows.

The word 'celebrity' and the word 'architect' are basically incompatible.

I don't think the people wanna see me play Clyde Johnson the architect.

Architecture is the thoughtful making of space.

When I was working in my first job engineering construction, what I liked the most was working with architects and making buildings that had this creative side coming from the architect and that were making them a big success.

From when I was about seven, I thought I wanted to be an architect. I've always loved spaces and dwellings in general.

In a way, the whole notion of a blueprint of a building is not that different from a script for a movie. A sequence of spaces, which is what you do as an architect, is really the same as a sequence of scenes.

Currently, I am overseeing the construction of the new Trump Tower in Chicago. I am involved in meeting with the construction crews, architects and sales teams. I am learning a lot and working with some of the best in the business.

I initially thought I would be an architect, maybe. So I went to architecture camp and quickly learned that I did not want to be an architect. I was like, 'No. This is not for me.'

I am but an architectural composer.

I would have loved to have been an architect - which, actually, would have been a disaster.

There can be little question that the tall building presents one of the most difficult challenges to the architect.

I'm not an architectural composer.