Le Corbusier Quotes

A collection of quotes by Le Corbusier.

Le Corbusier, born Charles-Ã‰douard Jeanneret-Gris in 1887 in Switzerland, was a renowned architect, urban planner, and designer who played a pivotal role in shaping modern architecture. He is known for his groundbreaking theories on architecture and urbanism, as well as his innovative designs that challenged traditional notions of space and form.

Le Corbusier's career spanned several decades, during which he revolutionized the way people perceived and experienced architecture. He advocated for the use of modern materials and techniques, focusing on efficiency, functionality, and simplicity. He believed that buildings should serve the needs of inhabitants while harmonizing with their surroundings.

Some of Le Corbusier's most iconic works include the Villa Savoye in France, the UnitÃ© d'Habitation in France and Germany, and the Chandigarh Capitol Complex in India. He also contributed to the design of the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.

Beyond architecture, Le Corbusier was deeply interested in urban planning and the social impact of architecture. He developed the concept of the Radiant City, which emphasized the importance of open spaces and the separation of functions within a city.

Le Corbusier's ideas and designs continue to inspire architects and urban planners worldwide. His influence on modern architecture can still be felt, and his legacy remains significant in the field of design. Le Corbusier passed away in 1965, leaving behind a diverse body of work and a lasting impact on the built environment.

I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves l

I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.

Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, o

Architecture is the learned game, correct and magnificent, of forms assembled in the light.

Architecture

The home should be the treasure chest of living.

The home should be the treasure chest of living.

Home

Our own epoch is determining, day by day, its own style. Our

Our own epoch is determining, day by day, its own style. Our eyes, unhappily, are unable yet to discern it.

Modern Modernism

Long before it was known to me as a place where my ancestry

Long before it was known to me as a place where my ancestry was even remotely involved, the idea of a state for Jews (or a Jewish state; not quite the same thing, as I failed at first to see) had been 'sold' to me as an essentially secular and democratic one. The idea was a haven for the persecuted and the survivors, a democracy in a region where the idea was poorly understood, and a place where as Philip Roth had put it in a one-handed novel that I read when I was about nineteen even the traffic cops and soldiers were Jews. This, like the other emphases of that novel, I could grasp. Indeed, my first visit was sponsored by a group in London called the Friends of Israel. They offered to pay my expenses, that is, if on my return I would come and speak to one of their meetings.I still haven't submitted that expenses claim. The misgivings I had were of two types, both of them ineradicable. The first and the simplest was the encounter with everyday injustice: by all means the traffic cops were Jews but so, it turned out, were the colonists and ethnic cleansers and even the torturers. It was Jewish leftist friends who insisted that I go and see towns and villages under occupation, and sit down with Palestinian Arabs who were living under house arrest if they were lucky or who were squatting in the ruins of their demolished homes if they were less fortunate. In Ramallah I spent the day with the beguiling Raimonda Tawil, confined to her home for committing no known crime save that of expressing her opinions. (For some reason, what I most remember is a sudden exclamation from her very restrained and respectable husband, a manager of the local bank: 'I would prefer living under a Bedouin to another day of Israeli rule!' He had obviously spent some time thinking about the most revolting possible Arab alternative.) In Jerusalem I visited the Tutungi family, who could produce title deeds going back generations but who were being evicted from their apartment in the old city to make way for an expansion of the Jewish quarter. J

Christopher Hitchens

Women

Space and light and order. Those are the things that men nee

Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.

Men

To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order

To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.

Architecture