People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.

Quote by Tadao Ando

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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....