Minoru Yamasaki Quotes

Minoru Yamasaki
American Architect
Born: Dec 1, 1912
Died: Feb 6, 1986
Because Building Buildings Important Think You
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We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless. Minoru Yamasaki
Architecture Build Restless Terribly Buildings Go Which Anywhere
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
Building Beginning Sense City Somehow Had Felt Very Louis St. Louis Being Should Large Symbolize Gateway
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
Quality Important Consistent Instance Like Know Cathedral Buildings Gothic Very Should Now
And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important. Minoru Yamasaki
Human Being Important Building Must About Something Like Very Human Being Wholeness
The Wayne Education Building was the first classroom building that we have done on the Wayne campus. Minoru Yamasaki
Education First Building Wayne Classroom Campus Done
In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building. Minoru Yamasaki
Words Building Other Out Eclectic Truck Does Goes Anyone In Other Words Who
I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation. Minoru Yamasaki
Situation Believe Must Economy Understand
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
Sometimes Will Think Those Would Criticize Criticized Object Shape Look Well Then Us Reason Who Why
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
Joy Myth Society Our Everything Delight Feel Parts Any Gain Available Held Should Palette
If you have white walls, human beings look better in a room than if you have red walls. Minoru Yamasaki
You Better Walls White Red Look Than Human Human Beings Room Beings
And exciting buildings are fine periodically. Minoru Yamasaki
Fine Exciting Buildings
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
Change Painting Think Furniture See Idea Like Piece Because Wall Hang Just Anymore Then Should Why
I can't do everything obviously although sometimes I know that all of us wish that we could. Minoru Yamasaki
Sometimes Wish Everything Could Know Obviously Although Us

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