American Attitude Quotes by Helmut Jahn

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Helmut Jahn has 33 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• Every building is a prototype. No two are alike.
• Sometimes I have to accept a job I don't really want. Hardly anybody comes up to you with a commission; it's all…
• It's my goal to make a building as immaterial as possible. Architecture is a very material thing. It takes a lot of…
• America has always imported history.
• I strive for an architecture from which nothing can be taken away.
• A building is hard to judge. It takes many years to find out whether it works. It's not as simple as asking…
• You'd never think of taking a cab if you had to walk a mile down Chicago's Michigan Avenue. But in a bad…
• When I came to America in the '60s, it was the place to be. I wonder if I'd come here today.
• Critics are entitled to have an opinion, but how can they judge how comfortable a building is? No critic is smart enough…
• I wanted to improve the suburban office building; to create a great urban space in a suburban environment with all that implies…
• I've never looked at a suburban building as being a minor building and an urban building as being a major building.
• In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition.

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