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. Tadao Ando More Quotes by Tadao Ando More Quotes From Tadao Ando I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things. Tadao Ando past moving thinking My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process. Tadao Ando creativity art thinking There is a role and function for beauty in our time. Tadao Ando function our-time roles All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment. Tadao Ando design architecture attachment Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although they're based on Western methods and materials. Tadao Ando design architecture men People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect. Tadao Ando intellectual use people 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. Tadao Ando use spirit two I think everyone needs a goal. And what kind of goal will be important. And for that we have to study and we have to be intelligent. Tadao Ando intelligent goal thinking 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. Tadao Ando connections degrees architecture I take the museum space also as sacred in a sense. Tadao Ando sacred space museums 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. Tadao Ando church religious trying All architecture has a public nature, I believe, so I would like to make a public space. Tadao Ando architecture space believe Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis. Tadao Ando structure architecture needs I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture that would bring the nation to the apex - where it has stood before - and lead the world. Tadao Ando culture america world Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture. Tadao Ando space spiritual needs But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance. Tadao Ando concerned finance economy When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together. Tadao Ando working-together brain hands If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing. Tadao Ando good-things culture world 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. Tadao Ando details design levels I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music and literature. Tadao Ando artistic literature needs
