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“ We build buildings which are terribly restless. And buildings don't go anywhere. They shouldn't be restless. ”

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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.

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Minoru Yamasaki Buildings Try Consistent

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.

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Minoru Yamasaki Thought Influence Think

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.

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Minoru Yamasaki Future Environment Want

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 Man Humanity World