Tadao Ando Quotes

The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.

Everything is simpler than you think and at the same time more complex than you imagine

I go back and forth between wanting to be abundantly simple and maddeningly complex.

Duality is not a story. Duality is just a complexity.

My philosophy? Simplicity plus variety.

I never feel the need to go out and make some grand statement that I'm dark and twisty and complicated, because I'm not that either. It's just not as simple as ponies and rainbows, though I do love ponies and rainbows.

Complex things are easy to do. Simplicity's the real challenge.

Simplicity and complexity need each other.

When I wrote I took on the role of the despondent and difficult to understand person. Whereas in life, I was easy to understand, to the point of being simple-minded maybe.

I think the best-written films or television series have a measure of the opposite of what they are.

Gloriousness and wretchedness need each other. One inspires us, the other softens us.

There is good and bad in everyone.

I guess I don't believe these things can ever be easy, although I also don't see why they have to be hard.

Because you aren't who you think you are. You aren't what everyone else believes. You might have delivered countless deaths but you love more fiercely than anyone I've ever known.

What is simple is wrong, and what is complicated cannot be understood.

Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest.

Life is simple, it's either cherry red or midnight blue.

Everything is simpler than one can imagine, and yet complicated and inter-twined beyond comprehension.

A here exists only in relation to a there, not the other way around. There's this only because there's that; if we don't look up, we'll never know what's down. Think of it, boy. We find ourselves only by looking what we're not. You can't put your feet on the ground until you've touched the sky.

Life is more complicated than we think, yet far simpler than anyone dares to imagine

Sasuke is always in the corner of my mind. Naruto and Sasuke progress as a pair. So when I write about Naruto, I always have to think about Sasuke. They are on opposite sides of the spectrum, like yin and yang.

I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.

People are more than you think they are. And they're less, as well. The trick lies in negotiating your way between the two.

I have been told I've got a darkish personality. A few times." Takahashi swings his trombone case from his right shoulder to his left. Then he says, "It's not as if our lives are divided simply into light and dark. There's shadowy middle ground. Recognizing and understanding the shadows is what a healthy intelligence does. And to acquire a healthy intelligence takes a certain amount of time and effort. I don't think you have a particularly dark character.

If it takes more than a sentence to explain what you are doing, it's almost always a sign that what you are doing is too complicated.