Frank Gehry Quotes

A turning point in the public's perception of the building art came with the publication of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'An Autobiography' of 1932, a picaresque narrative that captivated many who hadn't the slightest inkling of what architects actually did.

I'm really into architecture, I'm a member of the Brutalist Appreciation Society; I'm a member of the Postmodern Society. I write letters to save buildings.

The architect holds much knowledge, but is not a specialist. Especially with the computer and technology, the amount of knowledge an architect possesses keeps on growing.

I am very interested in architecture. I've been asked if I'd ever direct, but me, I'd rather build. It's very similar to directing, because you get to walk among this piece of art, to live in it, be surrounded by it, which is just thrilling.

Architecture theory is very interesting.

The modern architect is, generally speaking, art's greatest enemy.

Architecture is a hazardous mixture of omnipotence and impotence. It is by definition a c h a o t i c a d v e n t u r e... In other words, the utopian enterprise.

My father, Robert Ernst, was teaching as an architect at the technical high school of our city.

I'm very interested in architecture.

I love architecture.

I always look forward to the next project. That is one of the wonderful things about architecture - you always can hope for another project to design.

The only thing wrong with architecture is architects.

The practice of architecture is the most delightful of all pursuits. Also, next to agriculture, it is the most necessary to man. One must eat, one must have shelter. Next to religious worship itself, it is the spiritual handmaiden of our deepest convictions.

I think Miss Monroe as architecture is extremely good architecture, and she's a very natural actress, and a very good one.

We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both.

Frank Gehry for instance likes to imagine his buildings as sculptures. I like to imagine my sculptures as architectural.

To sum up the state of architecture in America: ninety percent of the buildings we live in and around aren't architecture. No, that's not right - 98 percent.

Architecture students are generally given theoretical projects, often located at distant locations, and told to come up with a design.

There is still a real need for good quality architecture, not paper architecture, but the real stuff.

I don't see that any buildings should be excluded from the term architecture, as long as they are done properly.

I didn't know what architecture was except that I lived in a house. I don't even think that I knew the word for a long time. My dad funneled me into engineering because it was his background.

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.

I'm a trained architect. Both my parents were architects.

I could have been an architect, but I don't think I'd have been very happy. Nearly all modern architecture is a silly game as far as I can see.