“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.”
Future
“If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.”
ArchitectureAll Quotes by Tadao Ando
“The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.”
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“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.”
Architecture“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“Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.”
Architecture“My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.”
Art“But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.”
Finance“At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.”
Courage“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“Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.”
Architecture“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“If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.”
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“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“I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.”
Architecture“You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.”
Beauty“There is a role and function for beauty in our time.”
Beauty“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“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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