Look, architecture has a lot of places to hide behind, a lot of excuses. "The client made me do this." "The city made me do this." "Oh, the budget." I don't believe that anymore.
Frank GehryRead
The message I hope to have sent is just the example of being yourself. I tell this to my students: It's not about copying me or my logic systems. It's about allowing yourself to be yourself.
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote emphasizes the importance of individuality and self-expression.
Frank Gehry's quote conveys the message that true expression comes from being authentic rather than imitating others. He encourages students to embrace their own identities and perspectives instead of striving to replicate his methods or thought processes, highlighting the value of originality in creative endeavors.
Themes
IndividualitySelf-ExpressionAuthenticityCreativityIdentity
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational talk at school, to inspire students to embrace who they are.
More from Frank Gehry
All quotes →Your best work is your expression of yourself.
Frank GehryRead
My only extravagance in life is my sailboat. I'm bonkers about that, but other than that, I don't spend money on myself.
Frank GehryRead
For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.
Frank GehryRead
Liquid architecture. It's like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it's a way of - for me, it's a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city.
Frank GehryRead
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 GehryRead
Similar quotes
But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much.
John DrydenRead
Battles are not won by strength alone!
Zhuge LiangRead
The growth of the mind is the widening of the range of consciousness, and each step forward has been a most painful and laborious achievement.
Carl JungRead
If you can be kind and considerate for one day, then you can be for another. It won't cost you a penny in the world. Begin today.
Dale CarnegieRead
Suppose, my dear Chadd, suppose it is we who are the idiots because we are not afraid of devils in the dark?
Gilbert K. ChestertonRead
Our problems are man-made, therefore they may be solved by man. And man can be as big as he wants. No problem of human destiny is beyond human beings.
John F. KennedyRead