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" Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities. "
Tadao Ando
Me
World
Think
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" People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect. "
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" 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. "
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" You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you. "
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" Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city. "
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" When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today. "
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" 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. "
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" In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo. "
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" You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see. "
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" If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness. "
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" When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan. "
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" If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing. "
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" I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future. "
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" All architecture has a public nature, I believe, so I would like to make a public space. "
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