Minoru Yamasaki Quotes
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If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture.
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In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.
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I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings.
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Because, if we understand how a building is to be produced and we find a way that it can be more simply produced, then obviously we are contributing to building better buildings more easily.
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If you look at the buildings, you'll find that one part looks as if it was designed by one man, and you go around and look at another facade and it looks as if it was designed by another man, you see.
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I feel this is very important for us to have serene buildings because our civilization is chaotic as it is, you see; our whole machine age has brought about a chaos that has to be somehow counterbalanced, I think.
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In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building.
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Let's talk about the Gas Company because this is my favorite job.
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The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace... a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness.
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And I feel that we in our society should not be held by any such myth; that we should do everything we can to gain a delight and joy in our society with all the available parts of the palette.
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In this tour around the world I was not interested in contemporary buildings because I had seen contemporary buildings actually until they came out of my ears in a sense.
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And sometimes I'm criticized. But I think that if those who criticize us will look at the reason why the shape is this, well then, I think that they would not object so strenuously.
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Being the gateway to a large city, St. Louis, I had felt from the very beginning that somehow this building should symbolize this sense of being a gateway.
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And I think that the environment is one very strong way to counterbalance the chaotic nature of our life.
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I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation.
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Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.
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And exciting buildings are fine periodically.
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If you have white walls, human beings look better in a room than if you have red walls.
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And I like the idea of change. Because I don't see why we should hang a painting on the wall and then just not think of it anymore because it's there like a piece of furniture.
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I can't do everything obviously although sometimes I know that all of us wish that we could