Quote by Tadao Ando
When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to lo

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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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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I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future. – Tadao Ando

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

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If you examine this, I think that you will find that its the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture. – Minoru Yamasaki

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Architecture is a slow business, and city planning even slower. – Richard Rogers

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I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work. – Bob Dylan

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