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All Quotes by author - Tadao Ando

" All architecture has a public nature, I believe, so I would like to make a public space. "

" All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment. "

" At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage. "

" But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The divine spirit inside the building is eternal, so the enclosure doesn't have to be. "

" I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature. "

" I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world. "

" I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture. "

" I don't look so closely at women's fashion, but from the 20th century on, people have had the freedom to express themselves and their individualities, and fashion is one of the most fundamental ways in which they do this, men and women are equally able to express themselves. "

" If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create. "

" If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing. "

" If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness. "

" I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before. "

" I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world. "

" In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo. "

" In Japan, there is less a culture of preserving old buildings than in Europe. "

" In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object for the celebration of God. The material chosen, such as stone, brick, or concrete, is meant to eternally preserve what is inside. "

" Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture. "

" I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things. "

" I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future. "

" Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis. "

" Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have a very high degree of connection between the outside and inside in architecture. "

" Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city. "

" My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process. "

" People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect. "

" Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although they're based on Western methods and materials. "

" Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture. "

" The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds. "

" The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have. "

" There is a role and function for beauty in our time. "

" The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture. "

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