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I didn't want to lose the human scale.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Humans
Scales
Want
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And exciting buildings are fine periodically.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Artist
Building
Fine
Buildings
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I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Believe
Economy
I Believe
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Let's talk about the Gas Company because this is my favorite job.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Jobs
Artist
Gas
My Favorite
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Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.
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Architecture
Country
Europe
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In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Artist
Doe
Eclectic
Eclectic Style
Truck
In Other Words
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If you have white walls, human beings look better in a room than if you have red walls.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Human Beings
Looks
Red
Wall
White
Beings
Walls
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I can't do everything obviously although sometimes I know that all of us wish that we could
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Knows
Sometimes
Wish
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I can't do everything obviously although sometimes I know that all of us wish that we could.
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Although
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The purpose of architecture is to create an atmosphere in which man can live, work, and enjoy.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Men
Atmosphere
Purpose
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The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Education
Artist
Campus
Classroom
Done
Wayne
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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 / Architect
Life
Chaotic
Environment
Strong
Thinking
Life Nature Way
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We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Architecture
Building
Restless
Anywhere
Buildings
Terribly
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In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Building
Looks
Pieces
Designed
In Other Words
Piece
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And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Building
Humans
Important
Wholeness
Human Being
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I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Work
Building
Painter
Buildings
Criticized
Painters
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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 / Architect
Artist
Building
Cities
Louis
Gateway
St. Louis
Symbolize
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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 / Architect
Quality
Artist
Consistent
Gothic
Important
Instance
Buildings
Cathedral
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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.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Architecture
Artist
Direct
Influence
Thinking
Examine
Japanese
Mechanics
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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.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Artist
Contemporary
Ears
Not Interested
World
Buildings
Tour
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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 / Architect
Change
Artist
Furniture
Painting
Wall
Hang
Piece
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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 / Architect
Criticize
Reason Why
Shapes
Thinking
Object
Shape
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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 / Architect
Artist
Building
Contributing
Way
Buildings
Easily
Produced
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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 / Architect
Architecture
Artist
Consistent
Painter
Trying
Buildings
Sculptor
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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 / Architect
Artist
Available
Delight
Joy
Myth
Palette
Gain
Held
Parts
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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.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Men
Another Man
Artist
Facade
Looks
Buildings
Designed
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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.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Artist
Chaos
Civilization
Serene
Thinking
Buildings
Machine
Machine Age
Somehow
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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.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Technology
Artist
Method
Thinking
Future Technology Will
Useful
Buildings
Easily
Gain
Producing
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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.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
Peace
Men
Ability
Artist
Belief
Cooperation
Dedication
Dignity
Greatness
Humanity
Individual
Representation
Trade
Living
Through
Center
Find
Peace Men Man
Symbol
World Peace
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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 cooperation, his ability to find greatness.
Minoru Yamasaki / Architect
New York
Greatness
Mean
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