"What mattered was design that intensified the character of the site and form that suited the land like a neatly fitted garment. - Stanley White "The idea of modular expression, the 'flow' of space, the integration of indoors and outdoors, the use of inherent characteristics of materials, etc.., have"
"White's ideal landscape architect would be poet-philospher who would penetrate the complexities of a given problem, rationalize it, and draw out of its multiple demands a design solution appropriate to the land, its vegetation, and natural processes, as well as to functional and cultural needs."
"Sasaki's strategy for reinforcing the landscape architect's position would involve several moves-among them, to recognize the base of natural science that sets landscape architects apart from architects and engineers, to inform the public about what landscape architects do, to improve the methods-an"
"By demonstrating the landsacpe architect's role in collaborative planning and design, Sasaki did for middle- and large-scale projects what Thomas Church did for the West Coast house and garden: he made the landscape architect an essential player, sometimes a leader."
"A design problem, 'essnetially a process of relating all the operational factors into a comprehensive whole, including the factors of cost and effect,' In Sasaki's view, would be solved in three stages: research, analysis and synthesis. Methods of the first two stages could be taught, he noted. Synt"
"...White's romantic poetic sensibilities and his interest in natural processes, and sasaki's clear thought, depth of culture, and broad vision. "We were all young and idealistic," Sasaki recalls,"We thought the world had no problems that could not be solved. We were not worried about the future or a"
"'Teaching,' he smiles, "you have to tell students anything can be done.'"