Early in my career, I tried to bring an artistic feeling to architecture. That's really the intent and impression of what I… — Ma Yansong Architecture Copy Share Image
In our traditional culture, people have a very different view towards nature than in Western culture. We consider humans as part of… — Ma Yansong Culture Copy Share Image
Architecture is a special kind of career that showcases the accumulations of culture, time, and history. — Ma Yansong Architecture Copy Share Image
I'm trying to create architecture as landscape. But I'm not copying nature. — Ma Yansong Architecture Copy Share Image
In China, we had some buildings that looked like the White House or wine bottles. All they seemed to represent was bad… — Ma Yansong Bad Copy Share Image
If you look at ancient Chinese paintings, you see mountains, but they are not real mountains; it is something the artists imagined. — Ma Yansong Art Copy Share Image
Ultimately, the artistic part of architecture has always interested me. — Ma Yansong Always Copy Share Image
Traditionally, in the Eastern World, man and nature are close: men find happiness and prosperity in the beauty of nature, even if… — Ma Yansong Beauty Copy Share Image
People can live in nature, and they won't necessarily destroy it. — Ma Yansong Destroy Copy Share Image
I grew up in the old neighborhood of Beijing where you had a courtyard and trees. Actually, the whole of Beijing was… — Ma Yansong City Copy Share Image
Architecture is about experience: not only visual but also what you can touch, what you can feel. — Ma Yansong Architecture Copy Share Image
I think architects have a major role in being responsible for illustrating what the future could be. Because of the very strong… — Ma Yansong Architecture Copy Share Image
People love to go closer to nature and other people, so we need to create environments that let people have these emotional… — Ma Yansong Connections Copy Share Image
Historically, sci-fi movies have played an important role in inspiring young people. — Ma Yansong Cinema Copy Share Image
What if we treat the high-rise like a mountain, or we have gardens in the sky, or waterfalls? I think that's the… — Ma Yansong Architecture Copy Share Image
My first impression of Beverly Hills was that it had a landscape of small houses built by famous architects, so I didn't… — Ma Yansong Beverly hills Copy Share Image
A lot of ancient poetry sees in nature a reflection of human emotions, and in a post-industrialized era, once people have become… — Ma Yansong Human emotions Copy Share Image
In the past, young, talented architects worked together to form a strong social agenda and communicate with a larger audience. That's what… — Ma Yansong Architecture Copy Share Image
I have never been to Mars. What will we discover when we get there? A red landscape, quiet horizon, frozen glaciers? Probably… — Ma Yansong Beautiful Copy Share Image
The beauty of architecture is it involves work that stretches over a very long time but often starts in one instant, with… — Ma Yansong Architecture Copy Share Image
It's very strange: if you're a philosopher or musician or an artist, people automatically believe you can see the future. Even if… — Ma Yansong Art Copy Share Image
