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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."

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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."

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Amber Hurdle

"We have been the cowards lobbing cruise missiles from 2,000 miles away. That's cowardly. Staying in the airplane when it hits the building, say what you want about it, it's not cowardly."

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Amber Hurdle

"The four building blocks of the universe are fire, water, gravel and vinyl."

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Amber Hurdle

"A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom."

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Amber Hurdle

"When one has finished building one's house, one suddenly realizes that in the process one has learned something that one really needed to know in the worst way - before one began."

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Amber Hurdle

"It's certainly not just a spot opinion; it's something that obviously has been building up for years. It is also very good for publicity, and it is the kind of recognition that maybe will help financially, also."

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Amber Hurdle

"Invite the best and brightest to compete for a grand prize to come up with designs, including new zoning, building codes and so forth, for New Orleans that could make it safe from water, and let the state and city pick the plan that works best for Louisiana."

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Amber Hurdle

"We have to realize we are building a movement."

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Amber Hurdle

"Abandoning the project was incredibly stressful after having gone through the process of building the room, installing the kiln, collecting the stones, sitting with the kiln day and night as it came to temperature, experiencing the failures."

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Amber Hurdle

"There's no such thing as the United Nations. If the U.N. secretary building in New York lost 10 stories, it wouldn't make a bit of difference."

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Amber Hurdle

"I haven't done any building designs since the Loaf House."

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Minoru Yamasaki
"In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building."

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Minoru Yamasaki
"Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe."

Architecture

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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."

Building

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Minoru Yamasaki
"I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings."

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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."

Beginning

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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."

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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."

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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."

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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."

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Minoru Yamasaki
"Let's talk about the Gas Company because this is my favorite job."

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