Helmut Jahn

I don't consider myself a star or a celebrity. I'm a simple guy who works a lot.

Critics are entitled to have an opinion, but how can they judge how comfortable a building is? No critic is smart enough to judge how a building will perform over time.

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.

The first time with artistic endeavors is, if it's working, it was your idea, and if it's not, it's somebody else's idea.

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.