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Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for tim

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness. – Frank Gehry

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Liquid architecture. Its like jazz – you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think its a way of – for me, its a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city. – Frank Gehry

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When I was a kid, my father didnt really have much hope for me. He thought I was a dreamer he didnt think I would amount to anything. My mother also. – Frank Gehry

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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 dont believe that anymore. – Frank Gehry

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