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Tadao Ando (安藤忠雄, Andō Tadao, born September 13, 1941) is a Japanese self-taught architect whose approach to architecture and landscape was categorized by architectural historian Francesco Dal Co as "critical regionalism". He is the winner of the 1995 Pritzker Prize.

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I don't look so closely at women's fashion, but from the 20th century on, people have had the freedom to express themselves and their individualities, and fashion is one of the most fundamental ways in which they do this, men and women are equally able to express themselves.

Equally, Express, Fashion, Men, People

As long as you have an objective in your mind you are young.

Long, Mind, Objective, Young

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.

America, Courage, Hope, Leader

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.

Computer, Creativity, Ignore, Kind, Moving, Technology

There are self-made millionaires - their aspiration is first to make money. But the once that goal is achieved, they have to look for something and sometimes they become patrons of art or museums. And that is how the world should go.

Art, Aspiration, Millionaires, Museums, Self

Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.

Mixture, Modern, Needs, Space, Spiritual, Western

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

Beautiful, Beauty, Beauty Is Skin Deep, Image, Vividly

If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing.

Culture, Good Things, Thing, World

When I draw something, the brain and the hands work together.

Brain, Hands, Together, Work, Working Together

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.

Artistic, Interested, Like, Literature, Needs, Understand

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.

Concept, Craft, Design, Details, Levels

I think that capitalism has just gone too far. And it is actually not limited to the United States. The excesses of capitalism is making us suffer all over the world right now.

Gone, Right, States, Suffering, Thinking, United States

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.

Architecture, Based, Come, Design, Japanese, Men

Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.

Architecture, Basis, Japanese, Needs, Structure, Structures

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

Beauty, Function, Our Time, Roles, 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.

Architecture, Attachment, Builder, Design, Quantify

I don't believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and wind

Believe, Guise, Nature, Remain, Too Much, Wind

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.

Church, God, Make, Religious, Trying

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.

Culture, Japan, Japanese, Live, Nature, Unique

In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo.

Italy, Rome, Significant, Structure, Structures

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