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Helmut Jahn

"Transparency is not the same as looking straight through a building: it's not just a physical idea, it's also an intellectual one."

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Donna Grant

"From the port of ideas, not only the most clever ones put out to sea and conquer the world but also the most stupid ones do this!"

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Donna Grant

"Give people films, they will forget after a few weeks, but give people ideas, they will assimilate them into their consciousness."

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Donna Grant

"Through your ideas, you open the window of your mind and say a hello to the world."

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Donna Grant

"There is no battle or engagement with any institution, company or government; it is always an engagement of ideas."

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Donna Grant

"An idea can change your fate in a wonderful way but you must first let the idea to touch your mind and your heart! No closed book can ever be your hero!"

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Donna Grant

"Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads."

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Donna Grant

"Unless you close your door to other ideas, you will never remain idealess!"

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Donna Grant

"The real battlefield is the realm of ideas."

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Donna Grant

"Ideas are the invisible Gods of our universe!"

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Donna Grant

"Create a good idea and leave it in the darkness; you will then see that people will come with the candles in their hands to find it, because just like the bad, the good has also a special scent!"

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Helmut Jahn
"When I came to America in the '60s, it was the place to be. I wonder if I'd come here today."

America

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Helmut Jahn
"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."

Life

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Helmut Jahn
"I wanted to improve the suburban office building; to create a great urban space in a suburban environment with all that implies about interaction, collaboration and creativity."

Creativity

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Helmut Jahn
"You don't know what the Chinese expect in the way of beauty. The presentation is just a farce. You come into a room filled with 50 people and they don't talk to you. There's very little interaction."

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Helmut Jahn
"I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away."

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Helmut Jahn
"America has always imported history."

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Helmut Jahn
"In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition."

Artist

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Helmut Jahn
"We prefer synthetic rather than natural materials. Natural products are almost too valuable. Wood is much harder to produce than metal. And metal is recyclable, while wood isn't."

Wood

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Helmut Jahn
"When I think of some of my earlier work, it really seems a fortunate coincidence that I succeeded."

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Helmut Jahn
"Most architects say: I want to use this type of glass, even if it's too reflective or doesn't let enough light in. However, the use of a certain type of glass might change the comfort level."

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