Minoru Yamasaki Quotes and Sayings
- Name:
- Minoru Yamasaki (random)
- Books & Videos:
- Minoru Yamasaki Books & Videos
- Type:
- Architect
- Nationality:
- American
- Birth Date / Year:
- December 1, 1912
- Death Date / Year:
- February 6, 1986
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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And exciting buildings are fine periodically. Minoru Yamasaki | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation. Minoru Yamasaki | Refcard PDF ↑
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I can't do everything obviously although sometimes I know that all of us wish that we could. Minoru Yamasaki | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings. Minoru Yamasaki | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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If you have white walls, human beings look better in a room than if you have red walls. Minoru Yamasaki | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building. Minoru Yamasaki | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe. Minoru Yamasaki | Refcard PDF ↑
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Let's talk about the Gas Company because this is my favorite job. Minoru Yamasaki | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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The view outside was much more important than the exhibits. Minoru Yamasaki | Refcard PDF ↑
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The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus. Minoru Yamasaki | Refcard PDF ↑
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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 | Refcard PDF ↑
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We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless. Minoru Yamasaki | Refcard PDF ↑
