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The fact is I'm an opportunist. I'll take materials around me, materials on my table, and work with them as I'm searching for an idea that works.
Frank Gehry
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Frank Gehry
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: February 28
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We live and work in boxes. People don't even notice that. Most of what's around us is banal. We live with it. We accept it as inevitable. People say, This is the world the way it is, and don't bother me.
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We should celebrate variety rather than conformity and allow people to express themselves. That we don't is more of our denial.
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As much as we pretend otherwise, we want what's comfortable, and we're afraid of the different. We're afraid of change.
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I used to sketch - that's the way I thought out loud. Then they made a book of my sketches, and I got self-conscious, so now I don't do it much.
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Childhood play is nothing more than an expression of our individuality and preparation for human interaction. Everybody’s an artist. Unfortunately we don’t treat them as such.
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