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" Sometimes I sketch and then scan my sketch directly to make the curves more freehand. I don't want to make perfect industrial curves. "
Ma Yansong
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" Early in my career, I tried to bring an artistic feeling to architecture. That's really the intent and impression of what I think about: context, space, shapes, and landscape. "
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" I grew up in Beijing, and there weren't many modern buildings during my childhood. I was influenced by traditional culture - the courtyards, the hutongs, the old city, and all the art forms - so, very naturally, I brought this to my practice. "
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" Oscar Niemeyer really inspired me. He's from South America, where nature has meaning. And his architecture was not expensive or high tech but artistic and spiritual. I like that. "
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" Historically, sci-fi movies have played an important role in inspiring young people. "
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" The architecture scene in China is the most open and free climate compared to many other places. You can find many opportunities. "
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" People think that buildings are permanent, but in China, this isn't true; we can always demolish and remake it better. "
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" The beauty of architecture is it involves work that stretches over a very long time but often starts in one instant, with just one emotion, a kind of instinctual response. "
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" I think architects have a major role in being responsible for illustrating what the future could be. Because of the very strong political and commercial climate, many architects are trying very hard to solve everyday issues, to respond to the authorities. "
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" There must be a way to combine the high rise and high-density environment with nature. Maybe we can have our gardens in the sky. "
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" The world itself is already a great textbook. "
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" If you look at ancient Chinese paintings, you see mountains, but they are not real mountains; it is something the artists imagined. "
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" In our traditional culture, people have a very different view towards nature than in Western culture. We consider humans as part of nature. But in the West, they talk about protecting nature. That's a joke because nature doesn't care; it's humans who need to protect themselves. "
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