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

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

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.

Japanese architecture is very much copied in this country and in Europe.

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

Being the gateway to a large city, St. Louis, I had felt from the very beginning that somehow this building should symbolize this sense of being a gateway.

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.