“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.”
"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
"There is a role and function for beauty in our time."
- Tadao Ando
Creativity
"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
"As we discover God, sometimes unexpected answers to prayers take us from the street, bring us to community, chase darkness from our souls, and guide us to find spiritual refuge and belonging in the goodness of His covenants and abiding love."
Connection to Earth
"We are all like fireworks: we climb, we shine and always go our separate ways and become further apart. But even when that time comes, let’s not disappear like a firework and continue to shine forever."
- Hitsugaya Toshiro
Connection to Earth
"Alone, you feel nothing but insecurity; that’s why we form guilds, that’s why we have friends. We walk together in order to live a strong life."
- Makarov Dreyar
Connection to Earth
"Even if we forget the faces of our friends, We will never forget the bonds that were carved into our souls."
- Otonashi Yuzuru
Connection to Earth
"No single thing is perfect by itself. That’s why we’re born to attract other things to make up for what we lack. I think we start walking in the right direction only after we start getting our counterparts besides us."
- Itachi Uchiha
Connection to Earth