Architecture must not do violence to space or its neighbors. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes architecture neighbor space
I liked the America of Bing Crosby, Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton - it was all a dream, of course, but a very alluring dream for a young man from Canton. I. M. Pei allureamericabing Change image and share on social
I'd been going to the Louvre since 1951. I thought I knew Paris and the French, but I didn't really. You know how easy it is to make friends when you are traveling. People are curious about you, you are curious about them. But you never really make friends that way. After the Louvre, I discovered that I have friends now because I have enemies. I. M. Pei curiousdiscovereasy share on social
One thing I learn - I've been in practice now for half a century or more, and the most important ingredient for an architect to do a good building is to have a good client. I think a client counts for as much as fifty per cent. I. M. Pei architectbuildcent share on social
We have to base architecture on the environment. Toyo Ito architecturebaseenvironment Change image and share on social
The Orwellian vision was about state-sponsored surveillance. Now it's not just the state, it's your nosy neighbor, your ex-spouse and people who want to spam you. Howard Rheingold neighbornosyorwellian Change image and share on social
Substance must emanate from spirit and is nothing else than the record of the spirit's conception of itself finding expression in space and time. Paul Twitchell conceptionemanateexpression Change image and share on social