Architecture The essence of architecture is form and space, and light is the essential element to the key to architectural design, probably more important than... I. M. Pei 18
Architecture To me, form doesn't always follow function. Form has a life of its own, and at times, it may be the motivating force in design. When you're dealing... I. M. Pei 15
Architecture In northern architecture - the cathedrals of Europe and all the little churches - the details, the carving of stone, become necessary because the... I. M. Pei 16
Architecture It is good to learn from the ancients. I'm a bit of an ancient myself. They had a lot of time to think about architecture and landscape. I. M. Pei 16
Architecture I came, I studied architecture in America, so my technical background's completely western. But my seventeen years, the formative years of one's life,... I. M. Pei 14
Architecture I think the artistic side of architecture was natural to me. My mother was an artist and a poet. I. M. Pei 12
Architecture Modern architecture needed to be part of an evolutionary, not a revolutionary, process. I. M. Pei 19
