Logo
Quote by Tadao Ando
Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Si

Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism, I use architecture to reconcile the two. – Tadao Ando

Other quotes by Tadao Ando

Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture. – Tadao Ando

Category:
architecture
Author
Tadao Ando
Read Quote

If I can create some space that people havent experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, thats the kind of structure I seek to create. – Tadao Ando

Category:
Future
Author
Tadao Ando
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
architecture
category

That Moorish architecture is all over the place, of course. It affects me everywhere I see it, as it does so many people. But Brand Library was a special place to me, and I know Ive paid homage to it many times in my drawings. – Jim Woodring

Category:
architecture

Nothing is as dangerous in architecture as dealing with separated problems. If we split life into separated problems we split the possibilities to make good building art. – Alvar Aalto

Category:
architecture

The aesthetic of architecture has to be rooted in a broader idea about human activities like walking, relaxing and communicating. Architecture thinks about how these activities can be given added value. – Thom Mayne

Category:
architecture

I believe very strongly, and have fought since many years ago – at least over 30 years ago – to get architecture not just within schools, but architecture talked about under history, geography, science, technology, art. – Richard Rogers

Category:
architecture

Random Quotes

Everybody needs a hug. It changes your metabolism. – Leo Buscaglia

Category:
Hugs

The inventor of the Xerox machine will, I am sure, find a special place reserved for him on one of the inner circles of Dantes Inferno. – Nicholas Goodison

Category:
Bureaucracy

Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique. – Karl Shapiro

Category:
Poetry

Its not just about filming, you go to awards and interviews too. I enjoy all of it, even learning my lines! – Christopher Parker

Category:
Learning