“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.” IfsWayArtistBuildingContributing Author: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.” KnowsShouldImportantArtistQualityBuildingInstanceConsistentGothicCathedrals Author: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.” IfsMenLooksArtistBuildingOne ManAnother ManFacade Author:Minoru Yamasaki
“In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.” LooksPiecesBuildingParticular Author:Minoru Yamasaki
“In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building.” DoeArtistBuildingTruckEclecticEclectic Style Author: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.” WorldArtistBuildingEarsContemporaryAround The WorldNot Interested Author: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.” TryingArtistBuildingArchitecturePainterConsistentSculptors Author: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.” ThinkingFeelsImportantWholeAgeArtistBuildingCivilizationQuietMachinesChaosChaoticSerene Author:Minoru Yamasaki
“The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus.” FirstsDoneArtistEducationBuildingClassroomCampusWayne Author:Minoru Yamasaki
“We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless.” BuildingArchitectureRestless Author:Minoru Yamasaki
“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.” MenWorldWayNeedsFeelsShouldMeanPurposeHumanityIndividualBeliefAbilityRoomsNew YorkGreatnessBuildingDignityImportanceBiggerTradeSymbolsCooperationDedicationCompellingRepresentationMonumentWorld TradeWorld Trade CenterTenants Author: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.” ShouldArtistFeltCitiesBuildingGatewaysLarge Cities Author:Minoru Yamasaki
“And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.” HumansImportantHuman BeingsBuildingWholeness Author: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.” ThinkingWayWantArtistTechnologyEnvironmentWonderfulBuildingGainsMethod Author:Minoru Yamasaki
“I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings.” Has BeensWorkBuildingPainterSculptorsIncorporating Author:Minoru Yamasaki
