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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Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have...

Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have...

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...

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

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

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...

The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology...

The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology...

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.

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....

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.

My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.

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...

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

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

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,...

You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the...

You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the...

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...