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

Quote by Tadao Ando

Topics: Art Quotes

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...

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 draw something, the brain and the hands work together.

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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 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 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...

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,...

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...

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...