Frank Gehry Quotes

We live in a world changing so rapidly that what we mean frequently by common sense is doing the thing that would have been right last year.

There's no such thing as designing the perfect utopian city. Everything is subject to change. There are no final frontiers.

I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let... lets evolve, let the chips fall where they may.

Sometimes we can make everything a little too perfect. I always was a fan of giving direction, but every now and then going, "I don't know. What do you think? Let's see what happens."

The biggest threat to a better life is the desire to keep the future under control - to make the world predictable by reining in creativity and enterprise. Progress as a neat blueprint, with no deviations and no surprise, may work in children's cartoons or utopian novels. But it's just a fantasy.

The important thing to remember, if you are trying something that is an innovation, is not to think too much about it. Because if you take too long, by the time you get there, the world will have changed. You take a risk, and if it doesn't work, you make a change. We are not betting our lives on it.

You can always think that we're old and not innovative, but there is no company that can limp on for 139 years without being creative and having the genes to change.

What I love about my work is the variety and not knowing what's coming next, and being able to embrace something for a period of time and know something new is going to follow.

I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.

In 10 years, I don't really know what I'll be, and I like not having any idea. I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.

My whole life has been one big improvisation.

Some projects go as you hope or imagine, and some change or reveal themselves in a different way; it depends.

You can never plan the future by the past.

Part of being innovative in government is sometimes not trying to plot out the last chapter of the book, but to be open and see what comes back.

You never know how things are going to turn out in a movie. You can imagine a scene one way, and it can turn out to be completely the polar opposite of what you expected. You just have to roll with the punches.

Perhaps it's the people whose lives have taken sudden new twists - people who have learned to embrace the creative possibilities of change - who stand the best chance of penetrating life's mysteries.

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.

Every time you're given a job, you're given a gift, and if you're flexible, you never know what's going to happen.

I believe it's less risky long-term to embrace change.

The surest thing about me is that I will change my mind.

My style is constantly changing.

I am definitely still the same kid that I was picking up the guitar at 15. But, I have definitely learned to be more flexible and roll with the punches. It's such an unpredictable business to be in and it's insane how things change so last minute.

As with anything creative, change is inevitable.

I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure.

It is a changing world with changing opportunities.