Frank Gehry: "Healthy Insecurity"

Frank Gehry describes the healthy insecurity he still feels when he embarks on new projects:

"For me every day is a new thing. I approach every project with a new insecurity almost like the first project I ever did. I get the sweats. I start working. I don't know where I'm going. If I knew where I was going I wouldn't do it. When I can predict or plan it I don't do it - I discard it. So I approach it with trepidation. Obviously over time I have a lot more confidence that it's going to be OK. I approach project work with what I think is a healthy insecurity."

From a conversation with Richard Saul Wurman at TED 2002

Image: my photo of the entrance to the building Gehry designed for Chiat/Day in LA taken in 2005