Greg Lynn Quotes

Architecture is by definition a very collaborative process.

Producing is nothing more than bringing all the elements together, connecting people.

We worked with the engineers in the design and construction and testing phases in those various areas, then we would get back together at the end of the week and brief each other as to what had gone on.

Marc Jacobs is full of creative people and Louis Vuitton is again a name on the door, a name that has existed for many years but I'm a collaborator there and I bring in other people, other artists and I work with a great creative design team.

Fashion has a long interest in collaborative situations.

I do not write, I build.

The process of building a part doesn't really stop.

Building is just skilled labor, I suppose. It's a lot of work. I don't mind other people building them, but the way things go together and are made is interesting to me; I like that a lot.

I just wondered how things were put together.

I am a mechanical techie. I can build things with my hands.

Building a baseball team is like building a house. You look for the best architects, the best builders - and then you let them do their jobs.

Tech, in the sense of... putting things together, that goes back beyond memory for me.

Internally, we sometimes say Slack is like a nervous system, connective tissue, or the internal network.

For me, it's not about being the best designer. I'm interested in being the best partner. The best collaborator.

I have very talented art directors in my agency who start out telling me, 'Well, this is what the picture is... ' I ask, 'Well, what's the headline?' and they say, 'We haven't done that yet, but it looks this way.' But I'm still writing copy, almost every day.

I'd love to design my own swim collection for them (VS)... Heidi (Klum) does the lipsticks, I would love to one day do the bikinis.

When we hire someone, even if they are going to be in marketing, I will have them talk to the design folks and the engineers.

I wouldn't mind collaborating with anybody, but I don't want to design anything, I'm not a fashion designer.

Communication in every which way is everything for the leader.

Success takes communication, collaboration and, sometimes, failure.

We must eliminate the gulf of mistrust and ignorance that keeps us from learning from each other.

When you work with new people, I think that it throws all of the matters into relief, because you have to explain yourself every time. It's like crossing a new border. They want to see your documents.

I think the best thing I have is the introvert's ability to listen when you're working on something as complicated as this and you have to really be aware of everyone's specialized skills.

Dialogue cannot exist without humility.

A dialogue leads to connection, which leads to trust which leads to engagement