Architect I.m. Pei Quotes & Sayings

No foreign architect of stature, such as I. M. Pei, resides in Japan. Foreign architects come to Japan on short-term contracts, erect a skyscraper or a museum, and then leave. But subtle and sophisticated approaches to services and design - the core elements of modern building technology - cannot be transmitted in this way. Japan is left with the empty shells of architectural ideas, the hardware without the software. — Alex Kerr

Be the best, not necessarily the original. — I.M. Pei

It's amazing how you meet people through other people. I knew a racecar driver, Stefan Johansson, who was very hot. He introduced me to Jean Todt. He introduced me to a French doctor. He introduced me to a French architect who redid the Louvre with I.M. Pei. He introduced me to Daniel Boulud. — James Rosenquist

Let's do it right. This is for the ages. — I.M. Pei

Great artists need great clients. — I.M. Pei

I remember, as a young architect, people always talked about I. M. Pei's concrete. He had a particular specification no one else knew. — Annabelle Selldorf