70 Quotes by Tadao Andō

If I can create some space that people haven't experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, that's the kind of structure I seek to create.

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.

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

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.

There is a role and function for beauty in our time.

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.

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.

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

I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.