Helmut Jahn Quotes

Less is more, in prose as in architecture.

Less is more.

To me, the fashion and architecture I like are very closely linked. Both should be clean and simple and without embellishment.

The trick isn't adding stuff, it's taking away.

We should work for simple, good, undecorated things.

I think there is always a need for pure design. With pure design, you don't need so much decoration.

In a minimal interior, what you don't do is as important as what you do.

Simplicity is the key.

Simplicity!

I love simplicity.

Sometimes I like to be more simple - simple colours, to be completely empty.

Simple goes a long way.

I'm big on simplicity. I'm not too much on all the extra instruments.

My goal is to omit everything superfluous so that the essential is shown to best possible advantage.

Good design means as little design as possible.

A drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

There is a beauty and clarity that comes from simplicity that we sometimes do not appreciate in our thirst for intricate solutions.

I've always liked simplicity.

Keep it simple.

My apartment reflects my views as an architect. It is minimal, austere. The architecture doesn't impose itself upon you. The apartment is a stage for other things to take place.

The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don't. Quests to faraway places or shopping sprees are no longer necessary. All you have to do is eliminate what you don't need by confronting each of your possessions properly.

I like things simple.

My palate is simpler than it used to be. A young chef adds and adds and adds to the plate. As you get older, you start to take away.

Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.

I like things that are simple, such as an alarm clock.