Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture. – Tadao Ando
I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future. – Tadao Ando
All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although its difficult to quantify the attachment. – Tadao Ando
I dont look so closely at womens 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
It is impossible, as impossible as to raise the dead, to restore anything that has ever been great or beautiful in architecture. That which I have insisted upon as the life of the whole, that spirit which is given only by the hand and eye of the workman, can never be recalled. – John Ruskin