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.

And exciting buildings are fine periodically.

In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.

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.

The purpose of architecture is to create an atmosphere in which man can live, work, and enjoy.

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.

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