Frank Gehry Quotes

Have no fear of moving into the unknown.

Life is full of adventure. There's no such thing as a clear pathway.

But we also believe in taking risks, because that's how you move things along.

Playing safe is probably the most unsafe thing in the world. You cannot stand still. You must go forward.

Be willing to move forward and find out what happens next.

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.

If I wasn't doing this kind of exploration, I'd like to be doing some other kind of exploration. It might be more risky, or less risky, but, in the business of exploration, risk is part of the territory.

There is no certainty; there is only adventure.

To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open.

The challenge of the unknown future is so much more exciting than the stories of the accomplished past.

Whatever there be of progress in life comes not through adaptation but through daring.

Don't ever be afraid to step out and do something different.

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties.

My countrymen: we have reached a turning point in our history. The choice is yours. Shall we venture into this brave new world, bright with possibilities, or retreat to the safety of our familiar but sterile past? I am for crossing the frontier.

Rise up nimbly and go on your strange journey!

Dive today from the cliff of what you know into what you can't know.

Uncertainty is the necessary companion of all explorers.

Discovery requires courage and acceptance that we are not in control, and that the future is uncertain.

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

All adventure is now reactionary.

And I can't wait to see where the road leads from here.

Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.

The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from shore.

I've taken challenges with the big risk that it can all go wrong. But that's what I like and I'd rather do that than be safe all the time.

The riskiest thing we can do is just maintain the status quo.