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

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Source : I. M. Pei (1983). “The Pritzker Architecture Prize, 1983: Presented to Ieoh Ming Pei”

I. M. Pei

#Art Quotes #Believe Quotes #Foundation Quotes

“When one has no character, one HAS to apply a method. Here it did wonders incontrovertibly, and I am living on the site of one of the greatest crimes in human history.”
“Men who have a tempestuous inner life and do not seek to give vent to it by talking or writing are simply men who have no tempestuous inner life. Give company to a lonely man and he will talk more than anyone.”
“If we wish to create a lasting peace we must begin with the children.”
“The real literary editors have mostly been fired. Those that remain are all 'bottom line' editors; everything depends on the money.”
“...Almost everything inside was filled with sugar, cheese, and weight-loss tips.”
“Some shall reap that never sowAnd some shall toil and not attain.”

Source : "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" Book by John Bartlett, 10th ed., 1919.
“Sometimes not much is just enough.”
“Anxiety and fear produce energy. Where we focus that energy noticeably affects the quality of our lives: focus on the solution, not the problem.”

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