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Tadao Ando Quotes: It wasn't that I had any great dream of being an architect. I just wanted to make things. Whether it was furniture, painting, interior design, or architecture. I just wanted to create something.
         

It wasn't that I had any great dream of being an architect. I just wanted to make things. Whether it was furniture, painting, interior design, or architecture. I just wanted to create something.


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I don't believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind

I don't believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind



I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex as possible

I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex as possible



We borrow from nature the space upon which we build.

We borrow from nature the space upon which we build.



If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.

If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.



My objective is to design a space that nobody else can come up with while using the material that anyone can use.

My objective is to design a space that nobody else can come up with while using the material that anyone can use.



In all my works, light is an important controlling factor.

In all my works, light is an important controlling factor.



If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.

If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.



You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.

You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.



As long as you have an objective in your mind you are young.

As long as you have an objective in your mind you are young.



I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.

I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.





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You think that commanding an army grants you nobility? Nobility comes from fighting besides your soldiers, not kidnapping a woman to cheat your way out of battle.

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There is no satisfaction that can compare with looking back across the years and finding you've grown in self-control, judgment, generosity, and unselfishness.

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Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.

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I start with the subject matter I want to write about. Then I make a musical base for that and create an atmosphere with the music. Once I've done that, the lyrics come last.

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If I ever found a church that didn't believe in knocking all the other churches, I might consider joining it.

If I ever found a church that didn't believe in knocking all the other churches, I might consider joining it.




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