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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
About
Being
Building
Human
Human Being
Important
Like
Must
Something
Very
Wholeness
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And exciting buildings are fine periodically.
~ Minoru Yamasaki
Buildings
Exciting
Fine
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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
Any
Available
Delight
Everything
Feel
Gain
Held
I Feel
Joy
Myth
Our
Palette
Parts
Should
Society
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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
Anymore
Because
Change
Furniture
Hang
Idea
Just
Like
Painting
Piece
See
Should
Then
Think
Wall
Why
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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
Chaotic
Environment
I Think
Life
Nature
Our
Strong
Think
Very
Way
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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
Criticize
Criticized
I Think
Look
Object
Reason
Shape
Sometimes
Then
Think
Those
Us
Well
Who
Why
Will
Would
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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
Because
Better
Building
Buildings
Contributing
Easily
Find
How
More
Obviously
Produced
Simply
Then
Understand
Way
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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
Beginning
Being
Building
City
Felt
Gateway
Had
Large
Louis
Sense
Should
Somehow
St. Louis
Symbolize
Very
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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
Buildings
Cathedral
Consistent
Gothic
Important
Instance
Know
Like
Now
Quality
Should
Very
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I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation.
~ Minoru Yamasaki
Believe
Economy
I Believe
I Believe That
Must
Situation
Understand
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I can't do everything obviously although sometimes I know that all of us wish that we could.
~ Minoru Yamasaki
Although
Could
Everything
Know
Obviously
Sometimes
Us
Wish
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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
About
Age
Because
Brought
Buildings
Chaos
Chaotic
Civilization
Feel
I Feel
I Think
Important
Machine
Machine Age
Our
See
Serene
Somehow
Think
Us
Very
Whole
You
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I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings.
~ Minoru Yamasaki
Been
Buildings
Criticized
Our
Painters
Rather
Work
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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
Because
Buildings
Easily
Environment
Find
Future
Gain
I Think
Like
Method
Only
Our
Producing
Technology
Think
Through
Useful
Very
Want
Way
Will
Wonderful
Would
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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
Architecture
Been
Direct
Examine
Find
I Think
Influence
Japanese
Mechanics
Our
Think
Thought
Will
You
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If you have white walls, human beings look better in a room than if you have red walls.
~ Minoru Yamasaki
Beings
Better
Human
Human Beings
Look
Red
Room
Than
Walls
White
You
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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
Another
Another Man
Around
Buildings
Designed
Facade
Find
Go
Look
Looks
Man
One-Man
Part
See
You
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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
Building
Designed
Each
In Other Words
Look
Must
Other
Particular
Piece
Though
Words
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In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building.
~ Minoru Yamasaki
Anyone
Building
Does
Eclectic
Goes
In Other Words
Other
Out
Truck
Who
Words
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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
Actually
Around
Because
Buildings
Came
Contemporary
Ears
Had
Interested
Not Interested
Out
Seen
Sense
Tour
Until
World
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