“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
“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
“I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.”
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“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“At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.”
Courage“Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two.”
Architecture“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“You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.”
Beauty“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“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“Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.”
Architecture“There is a role and function for beauty in our time.”
Beauty“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“Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.”
Architecture“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.”
Knowledge“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“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.”
Architecture“But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.”
Finance