Quote by Tadao Ando
You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to abso

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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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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architecture
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You cant really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you. – Tadao Ando

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Beauty
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process – the creative process. – Tadao Ando

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Art
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The knowledge I have now is not the knowledge I had then. – Stokely Carmichael

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It wasnt a problem for me drawing humans although I had originally come to the studio with the idea that what I had to offer them was my knowledge in the drawing of animals. – Marc Davis

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If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an unprecedented scheme of political surveillance and sabotage. – Katharine Graham

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The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge. – Esperanza Spalding

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You can press the old year betwixt the pages of a book, but alas! the new chapter always gets written. – Terri Guillemets, “Pressed for time,” 2005

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It looks like the futures really bright. – Michael P. Anderson

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An Academy Award nomination is stuff dreams are made of. – Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

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Reason and emotion are not antagonists. What seems like a struggle between two opposing ideas or values, one of which, automatic and unconscious, manifests itself in the form of a feeling. – Nathaniel Branden

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