“Contemporary architects tend to impose modernity on something. There i...” — 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.”

“Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else.”

“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.”

“Western governments have generally tried to contain genocide by appeasing its architects. But the sad record of the last century shows that the walls the United States tries to build around genocidal societies almost inevitably shatter.”

“Architects design houses. I live in a home.”

“I always think of buildings in their settings, but so do other architects.”