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Top 20 I. M. Pei Quotes (2025 Update)

I. M. Pei Quote: “Life is architecture and architecture is the mirror of life.”

1. “Life is architecture and architecture is the mirror of life.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “Success is a collection of problems solved.”

2. “Success is a collection of problems solved.”

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I. M. Pei Quote: “Stop worrying about missed opportunities and start looking for new ones.”

3. “Stop worrying about missed opportunities and start looking for new ones.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “Be the best, not necessarily the original.”

4. “Be the best, not necessarily the original.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “You cannot defend your design without knowing what you’re designing for.”

5. “You cannot defend your design without knowing what you’re designing for.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “Great artists need great clients.”

6. “Great artists need great clients.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “Let’s do it right. This is for the ages.”

7. “Let’s do it right. This is for the ages.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.”

8. “I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “It is not an individual act, architecture. You have to consider your client. Only out of that can you produce great architecture. You cannot work in the abstract.”

9. “It is not an individual act, architecture. You have to consider your client. Only out of that can you produce great architecture. You cannot work in the abstract.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “I want to bring out the best in a community and contribute something of permanent value.”

10. “I want to bring out the best in a community and contribute something of permanent value.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “I didn’t want to think about a project that I couldn’t finish. That’s a kind of temptation. One has to realize one’s limitations. Why kid yourself?”

11. “I didn’t want to think about a project that I couldn’t finish. That’s a kind of temptation. One has to realize one’s limitations. Why kid yourself?”

I. M. Pei Quote: “I travel to the Middle East, I travel to China, I travel to Europe. It’s all very rewarding – the only problem is the travel is getting more and more difficult for me now. Ten years ago I would have enjoyed it a lot more.”

12. “I travel to the Middle East, I travel to China, I travel to Europe. It’s all very rewarding – the only problem is the travel is getting more and more difficult for me now. Ten years ago I would have enjoyed it a lot more.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “I was born in Suzhou, a city not very far from Shanghai. It’s a very interesting town – there is a long artist’s tradition there, especially during the Ming and Ching dynasties, which produced many, many scholars and painters and so forth. That’s where my family lived for 600, 700 years.”

13. “I was born in Suzhou, a city not very far from Shanghai. It’s a very interesting town – there is a long artist’s tradition there, especially during the Ming and Ching dynasties, which produced many, many scholars and painters and so forth. That’s where my family lived for 600, 700 years.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “Many of the projects I’m most proud of are tall buildings, especially the housing projects. In New York I have two: one in Kips Bay and one at New York University. At that time, those projects were most challenging.”

14. “Many of the projects I’m most proud of are tall buildings, especially the housing projects. In New York I have two: one in Kips Bay and one at New York University. At that time, those projects were most challenging.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “At home, I have a wife, fortunately, and my children are all grown, and I have many grandchildren. I spend weekends with my grandchildren; I adore them.”

15. “At home, I have a wife, fortunately, and my children are all grown, and I have many grandchildren. I spend weekends with my grandchildren; I adore them.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “I haven’t taken any new projects in the past years – I told myself, if I cannot live long enough to finish it, I don’t want it.”

16. “I haven’t taken any new projects in the past years – I told myself, if I cannot live long enough to finish it, I don’t want it.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history but it’s not very deep. I understand that time has changed, we have evolved. But I don’t want to forget the beginning. A lasting architecture has to have roots.”

17. “Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There is a certain concern for history but it’s not very deep. I understand that time has changed, we have evolved. But I don’t want to forget the beginning. A lasting architecture has to have roots.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “I cannot work and listen to Wagner at the same time, nor Mahler, nor Beethoven’s late quartets. I enjoy listening to Chopin’s piano music when I work.”

18. “I cannot work and listen to Wagner at the same time, nor Mahler, nor Beethoven’s late quartets. I enjoy listening to Chopin’s piano music when I work.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “For Kips Bay, I had a wonderful client, William Zeckendorf, who was willing to gamble with me on using concrete and not brick for a high-rise apartment building. That was very innovative at the time.”

19. “For Kips Bay, I had a wonderful client, William Zeckendorf, who was willing to gamble with me on using concrete and not brick for a high-rise apartment building. That was very innovative at the time.”

I. M. Pei Quote: “I know something about the civilization of China, with my background, obviously, and I think I know something about American history. But that’s about all. And I’ve traveled all over the world, and for a long time I didn’t know very much about it, really.”

20. “I know something about the civilization of China, with my background, obviously, and I think I know something about American history. But that’s about all. And I’ve traveled all over the world, and for a long time I didn’t know very much about it, really.”

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