And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.
Minoru Yamasaki
And exciting buildings are fine periodically.
Minoru Yamasaki
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
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
And I think that the environment is one very strong way to counterbalance the chaotic nature of our life.
Minoru Yamasaki
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
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
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
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
I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation.
Minoru Yamasaki
I can't do everything obviously although sometimes I know that all of us wish that we could.
Minoru Yamasaki
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
I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings.
Minoru Yamasaki
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
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
If you have white walls, human beings look better in a room than if you have red walls.
Minoru Yamasaki
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
In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.
Minoru Yamasaki
In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building.
Minoru Yamasaki
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
Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.
Minoru Yamasaki
Let's talk about the Gas Company because this is my favorite job.
Minoru Yamasaki
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
The view outside was much more important than the exhibits.
Minoru Yamasaki
The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus.
Minoru Yamasaki
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
We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.
Minoru Yamasaki
Koji, this is only a request, but could you maybe find quotes from other people other then yourself? Besides, I've seen a lot of those before so they all can't possibly just be yours, they look like you just went and put them in your own words. Just a request. :/
When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Listen it says quotes. That means from everyone not just famous people. Either stick with it or leave it. But don't complain when follow what it says. And no none of those quotes came from other people. I made them myself. I have alot of time on my hands and i am able to do that. So shut up and leave me alone about it.
So much for being civil, I guess that gets you nowhere here. As I said, it was just a request, not like you had to listen. Instead you had to give me a jerk reaction. Whatever dude.
No matter what happens, somebody will find a way to take it too seriously.
“...Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling...People who keep stiff upper lips find that it's damn hard to smile.”
Judith Guest quotes (American Novelist, She is best known for Ordinary People.)