Minoru Yamasaki

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

— Minoru Yamasaki

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And exciting buildings are fine periodically. ↗

— Minoru Yamasaki

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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. ↗

— Minoru Yamasaki

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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. ↗

— Minoru Yamasaki

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

— Minoru Yamasaki

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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. ↗

— Minoru Yamasaki

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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. ↗

— Minoru Yamasaki

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But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral, for instance, that we like. ↗

— Minoru Yamasaki

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I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation. ↗

— Minoru Yamasaki

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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. ↗

— Minoru Yamasaki

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