Helmut Jahn Quotes & Sayings

“Creativity has more to do with the elimination of the inessential than with inventing something new.”

“When I work, I work very hard. When I don't work, I have to do something where my endeavor can totally take me off what I do professionally, like sailing. It takes all your attention.”

“I think the younger generation, the people poised to dominate the workforce, are more socially conscious. They are more demanding in terms of environment and how that environment contributes to their life.”

“Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.”

“Higher ceilings allow the use indirect lighting, which is much healthier and reduces glare.”

“A good engineer thinks in reverse and asks himself about the stylistic consequences of the components and systems he proposes.”

“A city building, you experience when you walk; a suburban building, you experience when you drive.”

“Working is actually a pleasure. It's just very time-consuming. It's a way of life. I find that I can work when I travel and work when I run. There is nothing like, on a rainy day, to work.”

“When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded.”

“For me, drawing generates thinking and vice versa.”