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Minoru Yamasaki

"And I think that the environment is one very strong way to counterbalance the chaotic nature of our life."

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"And I think that the environment is one very strong way to counterbalance the chaotic nature of our life."

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"Nobody is exempt from the surprises of life!"

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"And there wasn't anything he wanted to do that he couldn't make time for. What did he have to mope about, really? What more did he want? Love, he could hear Eve saying. Purpose. Love. Purpose. Those are the things that you can't plan for. Those are the things that just happen. And what if they don't happen? Do you spend your whole life pining for them? Waiting to be happy?"

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"In other words, I have no truck for anyone who goes out and does an eclectic building."
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"Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe."
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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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"And I think that the environment is one very strong way to counterbalance the chaotic nature of our life."
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"I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings."
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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."
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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."
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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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"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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"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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