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" 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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" 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

Being

Building

City

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

" 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. "

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

" And exciting buildings are fine periodically. "

" Let's talk about the Gas Company because this is my favorite job. "

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

" 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

Why

Think

" In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building. "

" In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Minoru Yamasaki

Know

Wish

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The view outside was much more important than the exhibits. "

Minoru Yamasaki

Much

Important

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "