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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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A.E. Samaan

"Ultimately we may still ask, why can't humans design a perfect society?"

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"People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people."

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A.E. Samaan

"Design is directed toward human beings. To design is to solve human problems by identifying them and executing the best solution."

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A.E. Samaan

"Actually, I didn't make the claim that Ruby follows the principle of least surprise. Someone felt the design of Ruby follows that philosophy, so they started saying that. I didn't bring that up, actually."

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A.E. Samaan

"Biological engineering is not necessarily understanding systems but rather, I want to be able to design and build biological systems to perform particular applications."

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A.E. Samaan

"Design in art, is a recognition of the relation between various things, various elements in the creative flux. You can't invent a design. You recognize it, in the fourth dimension. That is, with your blood and your bones, as well as with your eyes."

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A.E. Samaan

"It is relatively easy to design for the perfect cases, when everything goes right, or when all the information required is available in proper format."

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"Design, in its broadest sense, is the enabler of the digital era - it's a process that creates order out of chaos, that renders technology usable to business. Design means being good, not just looking good."

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A.E. Samaan

"I now add, farther, that the apostle's argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary."

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"In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone."

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Tadao Ando
"But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance."

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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
"You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today."

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Tadao Ando
"I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others that we need courage to go places where we have not gone before."

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

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Tadao Ando
"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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Tadao Ando
"When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together."

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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."

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