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I am obsessed with architecture. It is true, I am restless, trying to find myself as an architect, and how best to contribute in this world filled with contradiction, disparity, and inequality, even passion and opportunity.

Frank Gehry

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Frank Gehry
Age: 95
Born: 1929
Born: February 28
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