Some people may say my curved panels look like sails. Well, I am a sailor, so I guess … - Frank Gehry

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Blessed be the slot players for theirs is the hope of a better day dawning.

Frank Gehry

Some people may say my curved panels look like sails. Well, I am a sailor, so I guess I probably do use that metaphor in my work - though not consciously.

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Architecture and any art can transform a person, even save someone. It can for children - for anyone. It still does for me.

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An architect is given a program, budget, place, and schedule. Sometimes the end product rises to art - or at least people call it that.

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Man, there's another freedom out there, and it comes from somewhere else, and that somewhere else is the place I'm interested in.

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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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I love working. I don't know what the word vacation means.

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She doesn't give you time for questions as she locks up your arms in hers. And you follow till your sense of direction completely disappears.

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Cautiously, I allowed myself to feel good at times. I found moments of peace in cheap rooms just staring at the knobs of some dresser or listening to the rain in the dark. The less I needed the better I felt.

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