"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
Balance
"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
Connection to Earth
"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
Reflection
"I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture."
- Tadao Ando
Influence
"You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."
- Maya Angelou
Creativity
"Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless."
- Jamie Paolinetti
Creativity
"It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."
- Herman Melville
Creativity
"I am so clever that sometimes I don’t understand a single word of what I am saying."
- Oscar Wilde
Creativity
"Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up, too."
- Isabel Allende
Creativity