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Le Corbusier
16 quotes
“Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. Our eyes are made to see forms in light; light and shade reveal these forms; cubes, cones, spheres, cylinders or pyramids are the great primary forms which light reveals to advantage; the image of these is distinct and tangible within us without ambiguity. It is for this reason that these are beautiful forms, the most beautiful forms. Everybody is agreed to that, the child, the savage and the metaphysician.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The "styles" are a lie.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Une maison est une machine-à-habiter.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You employ stone, wood and concrete, and with these materials you build houses and palaces. That is construction. Ingenuity is at work. But suddenly you touch my heart, you do me good, I am happy and I say: "This is beautiful." That is Architecture. Art enters in.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is a question of building which is at the root of the social unrest of today: architecture or revolution.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Modern life demands, and is waiting for, a new kind of plan, both for the house and the city.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Despot is not a man. It is the Plan. The correct, realistic, exact plan.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The object of this edict is to enlighten the present and future citizens of Chandigarh about the basic concepts of planning of the city so that they become its guardians and save it from whims of individuals.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The city of Chandigarh is planned to human scale. It puts us in touch with the infinite cosmos and nature. It provides us with places and buildings for all human activities by which the citizens can live a full and harmonious life. Here the radiance of nature and heart are within our reach.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Vehicular traffic is completely forbidden in the green strips, where tranquility shall reign and the curse of noise shall not penetrate.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The age of personal statues is gone. No personal statues shall be erected in the city or parks of Chandigarh. The city is planned to breathe the new sublimated spirit of art. Commemoration of persons shall be confined to suitably placed bronze plaques.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The truthfulness of materials of constructions, concrete, bricks and stone, shall be maintained in all buildings constructed or to be constructed. The seed of Chandigarh is well sown. It is for the citizens to see that the tree flourishes.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) first seen 1965 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The New York Times [obituary] (1965-08-28)
“Vous savez, c'est la vie qui a raison, l'architecte qui a tort.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Le Corbusier's reply upon learning that the housing project he had designed at Pessac had been altered by its inhabitants, quoted by Philippe Boudon, Lived-In Architecture: Pessac Revisited (1969) [trans. Gerald Onn]
“A hundred times I have thought: New York is a catastrophe, and fifty times: it is a beautiful catastrophe.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) first seen 1947 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: When the Cathedrals Were White (1947)
“My own duty and my aim is to try and raise people out of their misery, away from catastrophe; to provide them with happiness, with a contented existence, with harmony. My own goal is to establish or re-establish harmony between people and their environment.”
Le Corbusier (1887–1965) said by 1965 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Le Corbusier: Architect, Painter, Poet by Jean Jenger (1996).