Best Tadao Ando Quotes
- I create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick concrete walls. The primary reason is to create a place for the individual, a zone for… Cities
- No matter how advanced society becomes, institutionally or technologically, a house in which nature can be sensed represents for me the ideal environment in which… Advanced
- Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture… Architecture
- There is a role and function for beauty in our time. Beauty
- It wasn't that I had any great dream of being an architect. I just wanted to make things. Whether it was furniture, painting, interior design,… Any
- In Architecture there is a part that is the result of Logical Reasoning and a part that is created through the Senses. There is always… Architecture
- Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have a very high degree of connection between the outside and… Architecture
- But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance. Concerned
- You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today. Always Want
- The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture. Architecture
- At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage. Add
- 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. Artistic
- The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what… Begin
- Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city. Both
- People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect. Beauty
- Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities. Actually One
- You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you. Beautiful
- I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human… Architecture
- All architecture has a public nature, I believe, so I would like to make a public space. All
- 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 enclosure… Building