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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
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 0
Architecture I think the artistic side of architecture was natural to me. My mother was an artist and a poet. I. M. Pei 0
Architecture Modern architecture needed to be part of an evolutionary, not a revolutionary, process. I. M. Pei 0