Everything - design and technology and materials - has changed since the World Trade Center was built. A lot of it has to do with computers, which allow us to be far more efficient as well as structurally sound.
Frank GehryI do my best to choose carefully. If I donโt feel that collaboration is going to happen, I say no. Think about it. These projects can involve a five-to-seven-year partnership. If you donโt feel comfortable with someone, you canโt get rid of them. I just walked away from a job for that reason. Every one of these projects is an emotional investment, like falling in love. Youโve got to believe in it and youโve got to like the people you work with.
Frank GehryI think people care. If not, why do so many people spend money going on vacations to see architecture? They go to the Parthenon, to Chartres, to the Sydney Opera House. They go to Bilbao... Something compels them, and yet we live surrounded by everything but great architecture.
Frank GehryCreativity is about play and a kind of willingness to go with your intuition. It's crucial to an artist. If you know where you are going and what you are going to do, why do it? I think I learned that from the artists, from my grandmother, from all the creative people I've spent time with over the years.
Frank Gehry