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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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"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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"There is only a perspective seeing, only a perspective "knowing"; and the more affects we allow to speak about one thing, the more eyes, different eyes, we can use to observe one thing, the more complete will our "concept" of this thing, our "objectivity," be."

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"Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know."

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"Science is a proven concept with standards. Wisdom is the knowledge of life that we learn by living it."

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"If we knew what is already there, there will be no need for research."

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"One of the most important gifts that you can give to yourself is the gift of self-education, that is the best way to grow on constant basis."

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"If you begin to read, you find the answers you seek."

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"Understand the concept of time and find ways to maximize it effectively."

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"Why must ignorance be destroyed? Because it is the number one destroyer of the people of God."

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"Oh, my dear Vimes, history changes all the time. It is constantly being re-examined and re-evaluated, otherwise how would we be able to keep historians occupied? We can't possibly allow people with their sort of minds to walk around with time on their hands."

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"I know that I do not know, and uncertainty, certainly, is the cruelest of words."

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"If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness."
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"My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process."
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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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"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."
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"But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance."
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"I would like my architecture to inspire people to use their own resources, to move into the future."
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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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"The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture."
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"I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture."
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"The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be able to move between those two different worlds."
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