People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty… — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future. — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities. — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness. — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture. — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage. — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the… — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream… — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top… — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
I don't look so closely at women's fashion, but from the 20th century on, people have had the freedom to express themselves… — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
I want to create a space that moves people. It doesn't matter if it is a house, or a museum, or whatever.… — Tadao Ando Copy Share Image
My objective is to design a space that nobody else can come up with while using the material that anyone can use. — Tadao Ando Copy Share
In Architecture there is a part that is the result of Logical Reasoning and a part that is created through the Senses. There is… — Tadao Ando Copy Share
Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture. — Tadao Ando Copy Share
Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use… — Tadao Ando Copy Share
Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis. — Tadao Ando Copy Share
The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to… — Tadao Ando Copy Share
No matter how advanced society becomes, institutionally or technologically, a house in which nature can be sensed represents for me the ideal environment in… — Tadao Ando Copy Share
In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo. — Tadao Ando Copy Share
I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same… — Tadao Ando Copy Share
But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The divine spirit inside the building is eternal, so the… — Tadao Ando Copy Share
I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would… — Tadao Ando Copy Share
I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature. — Tadao Ando Copy Share
I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing. — Tadao Ando Copy Share
