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"My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process."
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"He behaved like an ostrich and put his head in the sand, thereby exposing his thinking parts."

"If you're struggling to "think outside the box remember the box is self-imposed. Who says it has to be a box? Why not a bowl of petunias?"

"Today, if you are not confused, you are not thinking clearly."

"It's awful to have to, but I've started thinking about that, you know. 86. I'm thinking, well, maybe I might make it to 90. At least I'd like to have my brains."
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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."


"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."


"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."


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


"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."


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


"The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have."
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