I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.

Quote by Tadao Ando

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Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between...

Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between...

I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this...

I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this...

You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you...

You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you...

When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and...

When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and...

But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.

But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.

People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there...

People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there...

If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.

If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.

In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building,...

In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building,...

There is a role and function for beauty in our time.

There is a role and function for beauty in our time.

I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move...

I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move...

The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept....

The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept....

At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of...

At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of...

When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of...

When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of...

I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously...

I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously...

When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together.

When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together.

I don't look so closely at women's fashion, but from the 20th century on, people...

I don't look so closely at women's fashion, but from the 20th century on, people...

You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the...

You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the...

But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The...

But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The...

The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.

The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.