“I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors fo...” — Minoru Yamasaki Quote

“I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings.”

“And exciting buildings are fine periodically.”

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

“I'd love to go and visit the Mosque in Mecca again, just for the sheer beauty of it, not for God - much the way a non-Catholic might go to Vatican City because of the beauty of the buildings and the artifacts.”

“St. Paul's arose like some huge mountain above the enormous mass of smaller buildings.”

“Life here (in the Pacific Northwest, not in Vancouver, Seattle, Portland or the chain of buildings connecting them but in the rest of the place, out west and east from the north-south I-5 river) can sometimes feel like a half-dream, half-myth.”