We borrow from nature the space upon which we build.

- Tadao Ando

My objective is to design a space that nobody else can come up with while using the material that anyone can use.

- Tadao Ando

You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.

- 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 al…

- Tadao Ando

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

- Tadao Ando

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 …

- Tadao Ando

In all my works, light is an important controlling factor.

- Tadao Ando

I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at the same time as complex a…

- Tadao Ando

If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.

- Tadao Ando