贝聿铭先生留给我们的15句至理名言
卢浮宫旁金字塔的光芒依然耀眼夺目
设计它的人，却已永远离开了我们
5月16日，一个应该被我们永远铭记的日子
贝老，请一路走好！
百年设计人生，归去仍是少年
贝聿铭
I.M. Pei
“最美的建筑，应该是建筑在时间之上的，时间会给出一切答案”，回首贝老百年历程，他一生从未停止创造，只为向世人呈现最美、最极致设计。如今虽然离开了我们，但他留下来的，却是我们一生的瑰宝。
01.
"Stop worrying about missed opportunities and start looking for new ones."
要停止对失去机会而惋惜，开始寻找新的机遇吧！
02.
"Modern architecture needed to be part of an evolutionary, not a revolutionary, process."
现代建筑需要进化，而不是革命。
03.
"I understand that time has changed, we have evolved. But I don’t want to forget the beginning. A lasting architecture has to have roots. "
我理解时代变了，我们进化了。但我不想忘记开端。一个持久的建筑必须有根。
04.
"Let's do it right. This is for the ages."
做最好的设计，在最好的时代。
05.
"Design is something you have to put your hand to."
设计是需要通过实践来完成的。
06.
"I believe that architecture is a pragmatic art. To become art it must be built on a foundation of necessity."
我相信建筑是一种实用艺术。要成为艺术，它必须建立在必要性的基础上。
07.
"It is not an individual act, architecture. You have to consider your client. Only out of that can you produce great architecture. You cannot work in the abstract."
建筑不是个体行为。你必须考虑你的客户。只有这样你才可以创造伟大的建筑。你不能够只是在理想中创作。
08.
"Great artists need great clients."
伟大的艺术家需要伟大的客户。
09.
"I want to bring out the best in a community and contribute something of permanent value."
我想通过设计给予社区最好的、永久的价值。
10.
"You cannot defend your design without knowing what you're designing for."
如果你不知道自己为什么而设计，你就无法维护你的作品。
11.
"Success is a collection of problems solved."
成功是已解决问题的积累。
12.
"Architecture is the very mirror of life. You only have to cast your eyes on buildings to feel the presence of the past, the spirit of a place; they are the reflection of society."
建筑就是生命的镜子。你只需要望着那些建筑就能感受到它的过去，感受到场所的精神；他们都是生活的映像。
13.
"Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else."
再美好的作品也会有被损毁而黯然失色的风险。
14.
"I didn't want to think about a project that I couldn't finish. That's a kind of temptation. One has to realize one's limitations. Why kid yourself?"
我从来对我无法完成的作品不感兴趣，尽管它对我产生巨大的诱惑，但我也要随时清醒我是谁、我能做什么。
15.
"I have taken any new projects in the past years. I told myself, if I cannot live long enough to finish it, I don't want it."
过去几年我没有接任何新的项目，我告诉我自己，如果不能在有生之年完成它，那么我将不会去接手。
谨以此文，献给贝聿铭先生
贝老先生
一路走好
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