Tadao Ando Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“We borrow from nature the space upon which we build.”
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“My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.”
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“If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.”
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“I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world.”
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“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 a point where they Clash. I don't think Architecture can be created without that Collision.”
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“Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.”
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“People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect.”
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“I don't believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind”
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“All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.”
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“I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.”
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“I don't look so closely at women's fashion, but from the 20th century on, people have had the freedom to express themselves and their individualities, and fashion is one of the most fundamental ways in which they do this, men and women are equally able to express themselves.”
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“The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.”
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“When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together.”
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“You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.”
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“I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future.”
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“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 to reconcile the two.”
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“There is a role and function for beauty in our time.”
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“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, or architecture. I just wanted to create something.”
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“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 kind of detailing I want the building to have.”
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“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 inside in architecture.”
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“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.”
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“But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.”
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“You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today.”
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“Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.”
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“I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.”
-- Tadao AndoSource : "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. April 12, 2007.
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“When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan.”
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“Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.”
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“Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.”
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“I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before.”
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“In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object for the celebration of God. The material chosen, such as stone, brick, or concrete, is meant to eternally preserve what is inside.”
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