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. – Tadao Ando
People tend not to use this word beauty because its not intellectual – but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect. – Tadao Ando
I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future. – Tadao Ando
If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness. – Tadao Ando
Our world is so glutted with useless information, images, useless images, sounds, all this sort of thing. Its a cacophony, its like a madness I think thats been happening in the past twenty-five years. And I think anything that can help a person sit in a room alone and not worry about it is good. – Martin Scorsese