"If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness." ― Tadao Ando Topic(s): Architecture More From Tadao Ando "Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture." "There is a role and function for beauty in our time." "When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space." More In Architecture "A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom."― Ayn Rand "I believe that you should gravitate to people who are doing productive and positive things with their lives."― Nadia Comaneci "At this present time, matter is still the best way to think of architecture, but I’m not so sure for very long. The computer is radicalizing the way we think about our world."― Ben Nicholson