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 don't believe that anymore.
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Your best work is your expression of yourself.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the importance of personal expression in creative work.
Frank Gehry, a renowned architect, suggests that the highest quality of one's work comes from being authentically oneself. This principle highlights the connection between individual identity and creativity, implying that when people infuse their true selves into their work, it results in more impactful and genuine creations.
Themes
ArtExpressionCreativityIdentityAuthenticity
In practice
Example use cases
In a motivational speech about creativity at a local art workshop.
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For me, every day is a new thing. I approach each project with a new insecurity, almost like the first project I ever did. And I get the sweats. I go in and start working, I'm not sure where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it.
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Liquid architecture. It's like jazz - you improvise, you work together, you play off each other, you make something, they make something. And I think it's a way of - for me, it's a way of trying to understand the city, and what might happen in the city.
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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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I don't know why people hire architects and then tell them what to do.
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