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(20 votes)   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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(17 votes)   I have been criticized rather strenuously by painters and sculptors for not incorporating their work in our buildings.

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(16 votes)   Let's talk about the Gas Company because this is my favorite job.

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(15 votes)   And I like the idea of change. Because I don't see why we should hang a painting on the wall and then just not think of it anymore because it's there like a piece of furniture.

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(14 votes)   However, India is a democracy and they deeply believe in democracy and we feel that it would not be good to overwhelm them with propaganda.

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(13 votes)   And I feel that we in our society should not be held by any such myth; that we should do everything we can to gain a delight and joy in our society with all the available parts of the palette.

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(13 votes)   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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(13 votes)   The interesting thing about Oberlin College as it differs from other more urban schools or universities is that it is a walking campus.

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(13 votes)   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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(12 votes)   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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(12 votes)   But now I know that it is very important that all buildings should be consistent, that this is the quality of the Gothic cathedral, for instance, that we like.

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(12 votes)   If you have white walls, human beings look better in a room than if you have red walls.

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(12 votes)   Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.

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(11 votes)   And a building must be like a human being. It must have a wholeness about it, something that is very important.

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(11 votes)   I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation.

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