I.m. Pei's quotations

1. Architects are the last "you must know everything" industry.

2. Life is architecture, and architecture comes from life.

The most beautiful building should be built on time, and time will give all the answers. Good architecture endures forever. )

4. No excellent work can be completed in an instant and can stand the test of time. Whether it is architecture or art, its real value can only be judged by time in the end. Time is very important to my creation.

5. How to show strength? Dare to choose, dare to give up, and have the confidence to carry out what has been decided. (As you said! )

6. Humility does not mean that I have the slightest compromise. Compromise is surrender.

7. Take Tao as the goal, rely on Tao, rely on benevolence and swim in art. ..

I never miss the past, but focus on the present.

9. I take every morning I wake up as a gift, because it means I can work one day.

10, my building and I are like bamboo. No matter how heavy the wind and rain, we just bend over.

1 1. The most important thing to do is to have full confidence. You must believe in yourself and put all kinds of criticisms and doubts behind you. It doesn't matter whether others accept it or not. I have to accept myself first. (entrepreneurship is even more so! Be confident, persist, and "pretend" to succeed until you really succeed. )

12. In short, architects should have their own styles and opinions, and they will be drowned by history if they go with the flow.

13, any birthright will pass by with time, leaving only the building itself.

14, let the lighting design.

15. Art and history are the essence of architecture.

16, it is inevitable that many people will feel uncomfortable to take a new road. Why change? It is difficult to accept improvement, and the only way to move forward is to move forward.

17. If you want to benefit from traveling, you must learn history well first.

18. The expressions of architecture and Chinese characters have the same effect, that is, "express broad meanings with concise words" and "why bother to spend two strokes on a problem that can be solved?"

19, the more national it is, the more cosmopolitan it is.

20. People should stick to it and not give up the principle casually. Of course, there are many ways to stick to it, and many ways to convince each other. But this does not mean that my insistence and demands will be discounted.

2 1, I belong to the kind of architect whose design is driven by geometry. We must make various changes and combinations outside the scope of geometry, which is not all. There are many factors such as space and light. If there is no light, there is no body. Sunshine has magical power, because its changes are so rich.

22. Life is architecture, and architecture is the mirror of life.

23. The urgent task for architects in China is to explore an architectural form that is not only within our limited physical scope, but also respects our own culture.

Before you start designing, you must know about history, culture and people's background knowledge.

25. Imagine architecture as a refining process, which should be very pure and clear.

26. How architecture becomes a part of a continuous whole and how a building becomes an eternal and continuous part of history is a good work.

27. What is the most important thing for an architect? It's vision.

28. Life is short. My principle is to do only what I think is beautiful and create a sense of beauty with shocking effect.

29. Architects won't be famous until they are 40 years old. He is practicing. An architect before the age of 40 is not an architect. He's just an apprentice. )

Choosing a good customer is much more important than choosing a good project. Because of the support of customers, we can realize our ideals.

China will become a great country in your generation, but I may not live to see it. In your lifetime, China will become a powerful country. But I may not live to see it ")

Learning antiques is a good thing. I'm a little old-fashioned myself. Ancient people always spent a lot of time thinking about architecture and landscape. Now, we are in a hurry to do everything, but the building is slower and the landscape construction is slower than the building. The time required for both is intolerable by the current political system.

33. Aesthetics is the most important. Young people should gradually strengthen their aesthetics. In the future, he can be an architect, but he must be an artist. In economics, banks should also have aesthetics. Everyone who wants to make achievements needs aesthetic education. Education is very important.

34. Architects all believe in Feng Shui. Not superstitious about Feng Shui. There are several kinds of geomantic omen. For example, our building should have houses near the mountains and rivers. This is also feng shui. I think we should believe in Feng Shui, but if Feng Shui goes too far, it will become superstition. I object.

35. The purpose of architecture is to improve life, not just the objects appreciated in space. Architecture must be integrated into human activities and improve the quality of such activities. This is my view on architecture. I hope people can understand my work from this angle.