“In northern architecture - the cathedrals of Europe and all the little...” — I. M. Pei Quote

“In northern architecture - the cathedrals of Europe and all the little churches - the details, the carving of stone, become necessary because the light is not there to help you very much. You have to enrich surfaces. The desert reduces form to its simplest nature. There is no need for gargoyles or flying buttresses in the desert.”

“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.”

“Architecture must not do violence to space or its neighbors.”

“I've never owned an Apple product. I like the fact that PCs are open architecture and not locked down like Apple products. I feel that Macs are also unjustifiably overpriced.”

“The more centralized the power, the less compromises need to be made in architecture.”

“When I went to school at Emerson, I was completely charmed living there and loved the architecture of the Back Bay.”