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I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.

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Tadao Ando
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: September 13
Architect
Boxer
Master Builder
University Teacher
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Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.
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But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.
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All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together.
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As long as you have an objective in your mind you are young.
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If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.
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I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.
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If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing.
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I don't look so closely at women's 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.
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Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have a very high degree of connection between the outside and inside in architecture.
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In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo.
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I want to create a space that moves people. It doesn't matter if it is a house, or a museum, or whatever. So, it is somebody sitting on that lawn, just going around and around and feeling really happy. That is something that I'm striving for.
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You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today.
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Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although they're based on Western methods and materials.
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Working in Tokyo has convinced me that, contrary to what people think, it is actually one of the world's most beautiful cities.
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At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.
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I think that capitalism has just gone too far. And it is actually not limited to the United States. The excesses of capitalism is making us suffer all over the world right now.
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You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.
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In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object for the celebration of God. The material chosen, such as stone, brick, or concrete, is meant to eternally preserve what is inside.
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