"You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see."

-- Tadao Ando

#Thinking Quotes #Land Quotes #Use Quotes

“I try to carve my own way so the actors who come after me will say, "I want to do it like Columbus did it."”

Source : Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.maxlazebnik.com. December 02, 2009.
“The world is a fine place and worth the fighting for and I hate very much to leave it.”
“The word design is everything and nothing. The design and the product itself are inseparable.”
“Give. Even when you know you can get nothing back.”
“Washington is an endless series of mock palaces clearly built for clerks,”
“if I'd thought that nobody would like it as I was writing it, I would have written it even more. But I never think of the audience. I never think of people reading. I never think of people, period.”
“Everything was fine until I left and then I ran out of talent!”
“Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.”

Source : "Q&A: Gen Y's Youngest Demand Authenticity, Via Text". Interview with Sarah Mahoney, www.mediapost.com. March 16, 2012.

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