Quote by Minoru Yamasaki
So what we have tried to do in our later buildings is to try to be

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. – Minoru Yamasaki

Other quotes by Minoru Yamasaki

If you examine this, I think that you will find that its the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture. – Minoru Yamasaki

Category:
architecture
Read Quote

The World Trade Center is a living symbol of mans dedication to world peace… a representation of mans belief in humanity, his need for individual dignity, his beliefs in the cooperation of men, and, through cooperation, his ability to find greatness. – Minoru Yamasaki

Category:
Peace
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
architecture
category

I dont believe in morality in architecture. – Michael Graves

Category:
architecture

Where do architects and designers get their ideas? The answer, of course, is mainly from other architects and designers, so is it mere casuistry to distinguish between tradition and plagiarism? – Stephen Bayley

Category:
architecture

The new architecture of transparency and lightness comes from Japan and Europe. – Arthur Erickson

Category:
architecture

We require from buildings two kinds of goodness: first, the doing their practical duty well: then that they be graceful and pleasing in doing it. – John Ruskin

Category:
architecture

Random Quotes

We believe it wrong ever to take a dollar from a free citizen without a very necessary public purpose, because each such taking diminishes the freedom to spend that dollar as its owner would prefer. – Mitch Daniels

Category:
Freedom

Were not arrogant, we just believe were the best band in the world. – Noel Gallagher

Category:
best

We are all subject to the fates. But we must act as if we are not, or die of despair. – Philip Pullman

Category:
Fate

When mom and dad don’t understand, a sister always will. – Author Unknown

Category:
Sisters