稍早傳來當代傳奇建築師貝聿銘的家人証實他於星期四在紐約的寓所離世，又一位深深影響現代設計發展的建築師離開我們，消息一傳出讓許多人都無法接受。
從香港人熟悉不過的中銀大廈、羅浮宮旁的金字塔、華盛頓國家美術館東翼大樓到台灣東海大學路思義教堂，被譽為「現代主義建築最後大師」的貝聿銘，作品遍佈全球，不只為現代設計帶來不同的思考，他融入東西方元素的詩意作品也成了許多人旅行必定造訪的地標。
而貝聿銘的設計值得我們造訪感受現代美學的美妙，他的語錄也值得我們細細賞味，也許會為正在職場打滾的你帶來一點啓發。
"Life is architecture and architecture is the mirror of life."
「 生活便是建築，建築便是生活的鏡子。」
"Stop worrying about missed opportunities and start looking for new ones."
「不要記掛那些錯過的機會，去尋找新的機會」
"Be the best, not necessarily the original."
「做到最好，未必是最原創的。」
"Success is a collection of problems solved."
「成功是一連串的解決難題。」
"A lasting architecture has to have roots. "
「一個能恆久的建築必須有其根源。」
“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.”
「我從事建築設計半世紀以來學到一件重要的事，便是成就一個好的建築的最重要因素是好的客戶，客戶因素佔大半數。」
"Modern architecture needed to be part of an evolutionary, not a revolutionary, process."
「現代建築應該是進化的一部分，而非純粹革新。」
"Many of the projects I'm most proud of are tall buildings, especially the housing projects. In New York I have two: one in Kips Bay and one at the New York University. At that time, those projects were most challenging."
我最感到驕傲的項目同時是最具挑戰性的。
"Even a beautiful piece of work can be overshadowed, destroyed, by something else."
即便再美麗的建築也有被其他建築蓋過，被其他事物所催毀的可能性。
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