“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.”
Design
“When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.”
DesignAll Quotes by Tadao Ando
“My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.”
Art“I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future.”
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.”
Technology“I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.”
Architecture“If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.”
Architecture“People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.”
Beauty“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.”
Architecture“Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.”
Architecture“The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.”
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.”
Freedom“When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.”
Design“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.”
Hope“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.”
Future“But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.”
Finance“Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.”
Architecture“There is a role and function for beauty in our time.”
Beauty“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.”
Courage“You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.”
Beauty“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.”
Architecture