Deborah Frieden Quotations

The architects wanted the building to have certain qualities of the natural landscape that are constantly changing. In different lights, for example, the skin has different qualities. It changes with the sunlight. It changes with the fog.

Unlike cities like Paris and New York, San Francisco has not paid attention enough to the great architectural accomplishments of its time. This is the first great statement.

I've taken some of our loyal opposition up through the tower and they've eaten their words.

The museum has always wanted a building that would elicit excitement, and you don't do that with a humdrum design.