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Tadao Ando

"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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"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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"Often we don't see the majesty of God's design because we're caught up in the mediocrity of our own designs."

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"God is His own Design and End, and that there is no other Worthy of Him."

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"For me, unemployment and poverty in the Greater Montreal area is not mainly a problem of structure, or design, or statistics. It is a profoundly human situation."

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"God did not simply decide to create heaven and earth. He had a vision."

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"I studied literature design and fashion design."

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"I design for the woman who loves being a woman."

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"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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"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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"The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture."
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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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"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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"If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness."
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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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"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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"When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together."
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