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Minoru Yamasaki

If you examine this, I think ...

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.

Minoru Yamasaki 56 quotes
Minoru Yamasaki

So what we have tried to do i...

So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent.

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Minoru Yamasaki

The World Trade Center is a li...

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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Minoru Yamasaki

I feel this is very important ...

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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Minoru Yamasaki

The Wayne Education Building w...

The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus.

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Minoru Yamasaki

And I feel that we in our soci...

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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Minoru Yamasaki

The purpose of architecture is...

The purpose of architecture is to create an atmosphere in which man can live, work, and enjoy.

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Minoru Yamasaki

I feel this way about it. Worl...

I feel this way about it. World trade means world peace and consequently the World Trade Center buildings in New York ... had a bigger purpose than just to provide room for tenants. The World Trade Center is a living symbol of man's dedication to world peace ... beyond the compelling need to make this a monument to world peace, the World Trade Center should, because of its importance, become a representation of man's belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and through

Minoru Yamasaki 56 quotes
Minoru Yamasaki

I didn't want to lose the huma...

I didn't want to lose the human scale.

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Minoru Yamasaki

Being the gateway to a large c...

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.

Minoru Yamasaki 56 quotes
Minoru Yamasaki

We build buildings which are t...

We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.

Minoru Yamasaki 56 quotes
Minoru Yamasaki

And I like the idea of change....

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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Minoru Yamasaki

And I think that the environme...

And I think that the environment is one very strong way to counterbalance the chaotic nature of our life.

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Minoru Yamasaki

I want to do very useful build...

I want to do very useful buildings and I would like to find a method of producing these buildings through our technology because I think that this is the only way that we will gain wonderful environment easily in the future.

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Minoru Yamasaki

I have been criticized rather ...

I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings.

Minoru Yamasaki 56 quotes
Minoru Yamasaki

And a building must be like a ...

And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.

Minoru Yamasaki 56 quotes
Minoru Yamasaki

I can't do everything obviousl...

I can't do everything obviously although sometimes I know that all of us wish that we could

Minoru Yamasaki 56 quotes
Minoru Yamasaki

If you have white walls, human...

If you have white walls, human beings look better in a room than if you have red walls.

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Minoru Yamasaki

Japanese architecture is very ...

Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.

Minoru Yamasaki 56 quotes
Minoru Yamasaki

So what we have tried to do in...

So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be completely consistent, as a painter is consistent or as a sculptor is consistent. Architecture also must be very consistent.

Minoru Yamasaki 56 quotes

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