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

Quote by Tadao Ando

Topics: Art Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

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

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