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Your best work is your expression of yourself. Now, you may not be the greatest at it, but when you do it, you're the only expert.

Frank Gehry

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Frank Gehry
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: February 28
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My father always told me that I was going to be a failure - I think he was more talking about himself, but I didn't know it at the time.
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I didn't have any interest in doing rich people's homes. I still don't.
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You can't ignore history you can't escape it even if you want to. You might as well know where you come from, and you might as well know that everything has been done in some shape or form.
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