I don't believe that classical architecture is enough to engage people anymore. They say: 'So what else is new?'
Architecture is exposed to life. If its body is sensitive enough, it can assume a quality that bears witness to past life.
In a society that celebrates the inessential, architecture can put up a resistance, counteract the waste of forms and meanings and speak its own language.
Architecture is a rare collective profession: it's always exercised by groups. There is an essential modesty, which is a complete contradiction to the notion of a star.
Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have a very high degree of connection between the outside and inside in architecture.
All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.
Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture.
I have a strong sense that every project is an invention, which is not a word I hear being used in architecture courses.
Architecture is the beginning of something because it's - if you're not involved in first principles, if you're not involved in the absolute, the beginning of that generative process, it's cake decoration.
Somehow, architecture alters the way we think about the world and the way we behave. Any serious architecture, as a litmus test, has to be that.
The rigidity of a bottle's form does not affect the fluidity of the liquid it contains.
Le parole devono far urlare la carne Frantumare l’anima Far godere la mente. Altrimenti sono solo rumore.
Puces, amis, amantes même, Qu'ils sont cruels ceux qui nous aiment! Tout notre sang coule pour eux. Les bien-aimés sont malheureux.
Probablemente de todos nuestros sentimientos el único que no es verdaderamente nuestro es la esperanza. La esperanza le pertenece a la vida, es la vida misma defendiéndose.
Bisogna chiamare le cose con il loro nome, la paura del nome non fa altro che aumentare la paura della cosa stessa
Deve farcela con le sue forze." "Può darsi che sia vero, ma questo non significa che debba restare solo.
Les mythes débutent presque toujours par un état de désordre extrême.
Like medicine (architecture) must move from the curative to the preventive.
... je sais parfaitement que la peur pourrait faire basculer n'importe quelle personne dans le crime.
«Dimmi che sarà sufficiente» mormorò contro le sue labbra. Dimmi che basterà per cancellarti dalla mia mente. Dimmi che potrò essere libero da te.
You may conquer her love of God: you will never overcome her fear of the devil.
