Quote by Tadao Ando
Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great hi

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

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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 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

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I would like to attend college in the future when I have time. I have always been interested in architecture, so perhaps I would pursue a degree in that or business. – James Maslow

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The only legitimate artists in England are the architects. – Benjamin Haydon

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Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times. – Richard Rogers

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People can inhabit anything. And they can be miserable in anything and ecstatic in anything. More and more I think that architecture has nothing to do with it. Of course, thats both liberating and alarming. – Rem Koolhaas

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