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> [Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toyo-ito/architects-have-made-architecture-too-complex-we-need-to-simplify-it/)

[Toyo Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toyo-ito/)

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## Other authors on Architects

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## More by Toyo Ito

> [There are so many constraints on the architect that public buildings almost never feel free or enjoyable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toyo-ito/there-are-so-many-constraints-on-the-architect-that-public-buildings/)

[Toyo Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toyo-ito/)

> [Because there are a lot of big cities in the world, people who live in cities have become more isolated than ever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toyo-ito/because-there-are-a-lot-of-big-cities-in-the-world-people-who-live-in/)

[Toyo Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toyo-ito/)

> [I am trying to counter the fixity of architectures, their stolidity, with elements that give an ineffable immaterial quality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toyo-ito/i-am-trying-to-counter-the-fixity-of-architectures-their-stolidity/)

[Toyo Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toyo-ito/)

> [Architects have made architecture too complex. We need to simplify it and use a language that everyone can understand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toyo-ito/architects-have-made-architecture-too-complex-we-need-to-simplify-it/)

[Toyo Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toyo-ito/)

> [I think of architecture as a piece of clothing to wrap around human beings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toyo-ito/i-think-of-architecture-as-a-piece-of-clothing-to-wrap-around-human/)

[Toyo Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toyo-ito/)

> [I will never fix my architectural style and never be satisfied with my works.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toyo-ito/i-will-never-fix-my-architectural-style-and-never-be-satisfied-with/)

[Toyo Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toyo-ito/)

> [I sometimes feel that we are losing an intuitive sense of our own bodies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toyo-ito/i-sometimes-feel-that-we-are-losing-an-intuitive-sense-of-our-own/)

[Toyo Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toyo-ito/)

> [We have to base architecture on the environment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toyo-ito/we-have-to-base-architecture-on-the-environment/)

[Toyo Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toyo-ito/)

> [Children don't run around outside as much as they did. They sit in front of computer games.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toyo-ito/children-don-t-run-around-outside-as-much-as-they-did-they-sit-in/)

[Toyo Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toyo-ito/)

> [I would like to use architecture to create bonds between people who live in cities, and even use it to recover the communities that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toyo-ito/i-would-like-to-use-architecture-to-create-bonds-between-people-who/)

[Toyo Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toyo-ito/)

> [The dreams of the 1960s began to disappear in the 1970s. The economy collapsed, and so did the optimism of the Metabolists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toyo-ito/the-dreams-of-the-1960s-began-to-disappear-in-the-1970s-the-economy/)

[Toyo Ito](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toyo-ito/)

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