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 "styles" are a lie. - Le Corbusier
The "styles" are a lie.
- Le Corbusier
A house is a machine for living in. - Le Corbusier
A house is a machine for living in.
Belgrade is the ugliest city in the world in the most beautiful place in the world. - Le Corbusier
Belgrade is the ugliest city in the world in the most beautiful place in the world.
I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies. - 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. - Le Corbusier
Light creates ambience and feel of a place, as well as the expression of a structure.
The purpose of construction is TO MAKE THINGS HOLD TOGETHER; of architecture TO MOVE US. - Le Corbusier
The purpose of construction is TO MAKE THINGS HOLD TOGETHER; of architecture TO MOVE US.
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 s… - Le Corbusier
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 s…
To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects. - Le Corbusier
To create architecture is to put in order. Put what in order? Function and objects.
The history of architecture is the history of the struggle for light. - Le Corbusier
The history of architecture is the history of the struggle for light.
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