People are in search of a new lust. As when one thinks of something
that should be there but is not, people now thirst for a new undefined lust. The
new passion, even if just reflecting our daring fantasies, still seems to present
magnificent landscapes. In this way the future—from a distance—does not appear
strange so much as feel rather like a cubist reality to us. Within this reality,
though an [artistic] movement cannot yet be discerned, various styles of
architecture and related underlying patterns—as in designs for upcoming world
expositions—will likely catch the eye and stir new interests in the hearts of
people in the world. Yet, until this time comes, I think we prefer to keep
secret the "most scintillating areas" of our emotions. Now we sleep,
lying low while designing new styles of architecture. So let us work together
to constitute a design so as to bring together both those people who do not dream and those people who are full of aspiration.
(Hagiwara Sakutarō, Hagiwara Sakutarō zenshū, vol. 4. Tokyo:
Chikuma Shobo, 1975, 13-14.)
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