Tadao Ando

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

- Tadao Ando

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

- Tadao Ando

"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."

- Tadao Ando

"I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing."

- Tadao Ando

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

- Tadao Ando