Tadao Ando

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  • “The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds.” -Tadao Ando

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  • “But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.” -Tadao Ando

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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.” -Tadao Ando

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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.” -Tadao Ando

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  • “You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see.” -Tadao Ando

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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 Ando

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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.” -Tadao Ando

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  • “But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.” -Tadao Ando

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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.” -Tadao Ando

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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.” -Tadao Ando

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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.” -Tadao Ando

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  • “My hand is the extension of the thinking process – the creative process.” -Tadao Ando

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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.” -Tadao Ando

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