Top 10 most inspiring quotes by Le Corbusier
- I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.
- Light creates ambience and feel of a place, as well as the expression of a structure.
- To be modern is not a fashion, it is a state. It is necessary to understand history, and he who understands history knows how to find continuity between that which was, that which is, and that which will be.
- Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.
- A hundred times have I thought New York is a catastrophe, and fifty times : It is a beautiful catastrophe.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- The materials of city planning are: sky, space, trees, steel and cement; in that order and that hierarchy.
- Life never stops. The torment of men will be eternal, unless the function of creating and acting and changing, living intensely through each day, be considered an eternal joy.
Le Corbusier was a Swiss-French architect, designer, urban planner, and writer who is widely regarded as one of the most influential architects of the 20th century. He was born on October 6, 1887, in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, as Charles-Édouard Jeanneret.
Le Corbusier began his architectural education in Switzerland before moving to Paris in 1917, where he established himself as a leading figure in the modernist movement. He was heavily influenced by the works of the Dutch architect, Gerrit Rietveld, and the Russian artist, Kazimir Malevich.
Le Corbusier’s architectural style was characterized by simple geometric forms, the use of new materials such as concrete, and a functionalist approach to design. He was a pioneer of the concept of “machine aesthetics,” which saw buildings as machines for living in.
Some of his most famous works include the Villa Savoye in Poissy, France, the Unité d’Habitation in Marseille, France, and the Chandigarh Capitol Complex in India. Le Corbusier was also a prolific writer and theorist, and his books such as “Towards a New Architecture” and “The City of Tomorrow” remain influential today.
Le Corbusier died on August 27, 1965, in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France. Despite some controversies surrounding his work, his legacy as a visionary architect and urban planner continues to influence contemporary architecture and design.
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