Taniguchi Quotes & Sayings

Any game where the goal is to build territory has to be beautiful. There may be phases of combat, but they are only means to an end, to allow your territory to survive. One of the most extraordinary aspects of the game of go is that it has been proven that in order to win, you must live, but you must also allow the other player to live. Players who are too greedy will lose: it is a subtle game of equilibrium, where you have to get ahead without crushing the other player. In the end, life and death are only the consequences of how well or how poorly you have made your construction. This is what one of Taniguchi's characters says: you live, you die, these are consequences. It's a proverb for playing go, and for life. — Muriel Barbery

Times of sadness are the very moment to laugh and laugh greatly. — Masaharu Taniguchi

Architecture is basically a container of something. I hope they will enjoy not so much the teacup, but the tea. — Yoshio Taniguchi

Nobody truly becomes an adult. The child we have been is always there, deep inside of us. As time passes, we think we're growing, but maturity is only an illusion; a hindrance to our free child soul. — Jiro Taniguchi

Let's always do good deeds everyday. — Seicho Taniguchi

When drawings of the main buildings I have designed in the last five years are juxtaposed, the fact that they all involve the pursuit of certain configurations is obvious to anyone. — Yoshio Taniguchi

Love turns an adversary into a friend. — Seicho Taniguchi

The bravest person is a person with deep love. — Masanobu Taniguchi

When a project has an ample budget, I am interested now in using bigger units of materials. — Yoshio Taniguchi

When you give life to others, you'll also be given life. — Masanobu Taniguchi