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Tadao Ando

"But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The divine spirit inside the building is eternal, so the enclosure doesn't have to be."

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"But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The divine spirit inside the building is eternal, so the enclosure doesn't have to be."

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Asa Don Brown

"Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb the steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?"

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Asa Don Brown

"The Temple will not be completed until every living stone is there. And then what? The next thing will be that which our Masonic friends make so much of, and which we make so much of namely: the glorification of the temple."

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Asa Don Brown

"Shirley Temple had charisma as a child. But it cleared up as an adult."

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Asa Don Brown

"They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum."

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Asa Don Brown

"Tower Records is like a temple to me. I'll stay there for hours. Nobody can shop for records with me. It drives them out of their minds."

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Asa Don Brown

"There's an air of mystery around the Masons, but the reality is that they're mostly a bunch of veterans getting drunk in a lodge that they've built to look like a temple. It's just a bunch of guys trying to get away from their wives."

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Asa Don Brown

"Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four."

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Asa Don Brown

"There's been periods of broadcasts in the past where you could see all ages of entertainers, ranging from George Burns to Shirley Temple. That's not the condition now."

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Asa Don Brown

"Haiti itself was also photographed, some of the streets, some of the mountains, rivers, streams, etc. were photographed before talking with me about how I felt about Haiti. Then the camera went to our voodoo temple and saw a serious ceremony, a real ceremony."

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Asa Don Brown

"Discussing how old you are is the temple of boredom."

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Tadao Ando
"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."

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

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

People

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Tadao Ando
"The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture."

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Tadao Ando
"At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage."

Time

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Tadao Ando
"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."

Nature

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

Architecture

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Tadao Ando
"When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space."

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Tadao Ando
"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."

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Tadao Ando
"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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